Against Bangladesh in the second Twenty20 International of their current three-game series, Team India performed admirably. The match was place on September 9 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. India lost the toss and choose to bat first to start the game.
It was an intermediate order innings. Suryakumar Yadav scored eight runs before walking back after openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma scored ten and fifteen runs, respectively. But what really stood out for the Men in Blue were the strikes from Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh.
After Reddy scored 74 runs in 34 deliveries, Rinku Singh added 53 runs in the next 34 deliveries. The viewers were primarily drawn to Rinku’s joyous jubilation. The 26-year-old gestured to his recently acquired “God’s Plan” tattoo as he approached his 50th birthday. On social media, the same video clip has become extremely popular.
Rinku Singh departs after a solid knock of 53 off just 29 deliveries.
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India scores 221 runs in the opening session.
In addition to Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya made an impression with his knock. After Nitish Reddy was removed from the game, the talented all-rounder took the field and quickly amassed 32 runs off of 19 deliveries. In addition, Riyan Parag scored 15 runs, giving India a 221-run lead after the game’s first innings.
With three wickets in the first innings, Rishad Hossain of Bangladesh was the most prolific wicket-taker. Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, and Tanzim Hasan Sakib all claimed two wickets apiece.
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Bangladesh needs to score 222 runs in the second innings to win the match and tie the series. Since India having already won the first Twenty20 International in Gwalior, the visitors would lose the series if they are unable to win the game and pursue the objective.