India kept on punishing Bangladesh, winning the second Twenty20 International in Delhi by an overwhelming 86 runs. With one game remaining, the home team also won the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh 2-0.
India was given the opportunity to bat, but they did not have the best of starts as they lost three wickets in the powerplay. India gained a decisive advantage in the match because to a 108-run partnership between Nitish Kumar Reddy (74 off 34) and Rinku Singh (53 off 29). Near the end, Hardik Pandya (32 off 19) added another quick run, but a burst of wickets in the final over, including three in the final over, held India’s score at 221/9. The only bowler to score fewer than nine runs per over was Taskin Ahmed (2 for 16), who was the best of the bunch.
Bangladesh failed to muster the will to mount a comeback after losing three wickets in the powerplay due to poor batting starts. Only Mahmudullah (41 off 39) was able to withstand a flurry of blows from the Indian bowlers.
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All seven of India’s bowlers took a wicket, but the two standout performers were Varun Chakravarthy (2 for 19) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (2 for 23). After that, India restricted Bangladesh to 135/9 to wrap up an 86-run victory.
Here are the most important stats from the match:
3 – Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh’s partnership of 108 is the third highest stand for the fourth wicket for India in T20Is.
36 – This was India’s 36th total of 200 or more in T20Is. Australia are a distant second with 23.
7 – The number of bowlers that took a wicket for India in this match is the joint-highest ever in T20Is.
11 – India’s is now the 11th instance of 7 bowlers taking a wicket in a single T20I innings. Of the previous 10, four had come from full member teams.
7 – India had seven previous instances of six different bowlers taking a wicket in a T20I.
5 – Nitish Kumar Reddy became the fifth Indian player to score a fifty and take two wickets in a single T20I. Of the five instances, Reddy’s is the only one where the player crossed 70 runs.
1 – At 21 years and 136 days old, Nitish Kumar Reddy also became the youngest Indian to score a fifty and take two wickets in a single T20I. Reddy is also the second youngest player from any full member country to achieve this feat after Brian Bennett of Zimbabwe who was 20 years and 184 days old when he achieved the feat.
2 – At 21 years and 136 days old, Nitish Kumar Reddy is the second youngest player to win the Player of the Match Award for India in T20Is. The youngest is Rohit Sharma who had won at the age of 20 years and 143 days.
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