India vs Bangladesh Match Preview, 2nd T20I

Hosts India (IND) will take on Bangladesh (BAN) in the second T20I of the series, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, on Wednesday, October 9. The Men in Blue dominated the visitors in the first game, winning it comfortably by seven wickets and 49 balls to spare. It was a clinical team performance by the home side as they managed to restrict the Bangladesh batters to a low score and chased it down with sheer ease.

On the contrary, the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led side faced a batting collapse in the first innings and failed to put enough runs on the board. The visiting skipper also expected that later in the game with a low score to defend it became hard for the bowlers to restrict the Indian batters on a batting track. With the second game scheduled to be played in the national capital, the visitors will have to devise a better plan and acquire adequate runs in the first six overs of the game.

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Match Details

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Pitch Report

The pitch at Arun Jaitley Stadium is favourable for batters and over the years, the pitch has largely been batting-friendly with dry conditions and short boundaries, hitting boundaries becomes an easy option. As the match progresses, the pitch also helps the spinners. The first innings average score at this venue is 139 runs and teams batting first have won four times in a total of 13 matches played at this ground. 

Head-to-Head Record

Predicted Playing XI

India

The hosts announced the debut of Mayank Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy in the first game. With a dominating performance in the first game in all the departments, the Men in Blue might not look to make many changes to their XI. 

Predicted XI:

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Nitish Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav.

Bangladesh

Meanwhile, the tourists who had a forgettable outing might look to change their strategy in the upcoming game to keep the series alive. Ace pacer Taskin Ahmed had a poor outing with the ball as he bowled just 17 deliveries and got hit for 44 runs. Tanzim Hasan Sakib can replace his senior teammate for this game. 

Predicted XI:

Litton Das (wk), Parvez Hossain Emon, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed/Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam.