The India vs Bangladesh T20 series is as one-sided as we expected. Adding to their success, India has won the T20 series.
A few days ago, India emerged victorious in 2 matches of the Test series against Ban.
Despite new challenges, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav has performed admirably in his role as captain. Despite the presence of debutant players, the Indian captain skillfully manages every player in this series. With a clean sweep, India secures a 3-0 victory in the T20 series.
Now that the Bangladesh team has completed its tour of India, let’s delve into the details of this T20 series.
India vs Bangladesh T20 Series: 1st Match
The first T20 match between India and Bangladesh was in Gwalior at the New Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium. India won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Indian bowler does a perfect job for the team and gets early wickets. In this match, Ban managed to score 127 runs. Their skipper, Najmul Hossain Shanto, scored 27 runs. Mahidy Hasan Miraz scored 35 not out.
The Indian bowling lineup controlled the match from the start. Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy each took 3 wickets.
For the strong Indian batting lineup, it’s easier to achieve this target. In this match, opening batters Sanju Samson and SKY scored 29 each. All-rounder Hardik Pandya scored 39. India achieved the target in 11.5 overs and won by 7 wickets.
Outstanding bowling from Arshdeep Singh makes him the Player of the Match for this game.
India vs Bangladesh T20 Series: 2nd Match
India and Bangladesh played the second T20 match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Indian batters don’t give a good start to the team.
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Indian openers and skipper SKY got out earlier. But it’s the middle order that stabilizes the Indian batting lineup. It’s not wrong if we call this match a one-sided Nitish Reddy show.
After an earlier breakthrough, Reddy comes to bat at no. 4. He played an outstanding inning of 74 runs. Rinku Singh and Hardik Pandya also contributed well to score a big total. Rinku scored half a century with a brilliant strike rate.
Hardik Pandya scored 32 runs in 19 balls.
Team India scored a big total of 221 runs with the loss of 9 wickets. If we talk about the Bangladeshi bowling lineup, it is Rishad Hossain who took 3 wickets.
Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Sakib, and Mustafizur Rahman took 2 wickets each.
For Ban’s batters, it’s hard to chase the target against a strong bowling lineup.
No Ban’s batter does well other than Mohammadullah, who scored 41 runs and gave his team some hope.
In the Indian bowling lineup, Nitish Readdy and Varun Chakaravarthy took 2 wickets each. And others got one wicket each. India won this match by 86 runs.
For the all-rounder performance, Nitish Reddy gets the Man of the Match award.
Ind vs Ban T20 series: 3rd match
Team India’s best performance comes in this match. The last T20 match was at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. India won the toss and chose to bat first.
Indian batters came like a nightmare for Ban’s bowlers in this match. Team India scored the highest team total among Test-playing nations. Opening batsman Sanju Samson scored his first international hundred of his T20 career (111). Indian T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav also joined the party and scored a brilliant 75 runs. A good cameo of 34 runs in 13 balls came from Riyan Parag’s bat. Hardik Pandya also played an outstanding inning of 47 runs in 18 balls.
Team India made the highest T20 score of 297 runs in the match. India achieved their fastest team 100, 150, 200, and 250 in the T20s. The highest number of boundary counts (47) in a T20 and also the most sixes in an inning (22) for India came in this match. The Indian team has thrashed Bangladesh in Hyderabad.
For Ban’s bowling side, it’s Tanzim Hasan Sakib who took 3 wickets.
In the second inning, Ban’s batter did not give a good start to their team. WK batsmen Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy played some responsible cricket for Ban.
India won this match by 133 runs. Sanju Samson became the player of the match and had a phenomenal performance in the series, Hardik Pandya got the Player of the Series award.
Team India now has the highest T20 total by an ICC full-member team in men’s T20.