India beats Bangladesh second T20 by 86 runs: India has defeated Bangladesh by 86 runs in the second T20 match. With this, Team India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh shined for India in this match. Nitish played a half-century inning of 74 runs and Rinku played a half-century inning of 53 runs. After that, India showed its strength in bowling also and restricted the visiting team to just 135 runs. This is India’s 7th consecutive T20 series win at home.
In the match, Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first. Initially, captain Nazmul Shanto’s decision proved to be very good as India lost 3 wickets at the score of 41. But Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh scored 108 runs in just 48 balls from here. Thanks to their 108-run partnership, the Indian team was in the driving seat in the match. Hardik Pandya scored 32 runs and in the end Riyan Parag’s cameo inning of 15 runs in 6 balls also helped India reach the score of 221.
Indian bowlers wreaked havoc
When Bangladesh team came to chase the huge target of 222 runs, the team had a very bad start. Four batsmen of the visiting team had returned to the pavilion by the time the score was 46. Mahmudullah and Mehdi Hasan Miraj definitely added 38 runs. Mahmudullah scored 41 runs in 39 balls and was also the highest run scorer for the team, while Mehdi Hasan Miraz scored 16 runs. After the fall of the 5th wicket, Bangladesh lost wickets at consecutive intervals. Bangladesh team could score only 135 runs in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 86 runs.
Nitish Reddy and Varun Chakraborty took two wickets each in bowling for Team India. Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Yadav and Ryan Parag, all of them broke the back of Bangladesh’s batting line-up by taking one wicket each.
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