Nitish Kumar Reddy Shines as India Dominates Bangladesh to Seal T20I Series Victory

Key Performances and Match Results

Match Analysis

On a Delhi pitch that was sticky at first but got better for batting as the night went on, India capitalised on subpar bowling from the Bangladesh spinners to escape punishment. With a final push from Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh lifted India from 41 for 3 in the sixth over to 221. Even in more favorable batting circumstances, India’s bowling proved to be too strong for Bangladesh, securing the series victory.

In both cases, Bangladesh’s spinners fared poorly. The spinners gave up 116 runs in their eight overs, while their fast bowlers bowled 12 overs for 102 runs. After that, the Indian spinners gave them a hard time, conceding only 49 runs and five wickets in nine overs.

Following a seemingly meaningless toss, Bangladesh declared their intention to chase and take advantage of the dew that would come in later, while India declared their intention to bat first to assess their bowlers in the dew. Bangladesh’s Mehidy Hasan Miraz opened the bowling, but Sanju Samson took advantage of his arm balls, which were either too full or too short.

However, the quick bowlers were able to draw misbehavior on a sticky track. The slow pitch caused Samson and Suryakumar Yadav to fall to checked shots, while Abhishek Sharma continued to play while attempting to slog Tanzim Hasan.

Only Rinku was able to play flawlessly right away. Twice in the first part of his innings, Reddy got away. Reddy advanced to 6 off 4 after Litton Das dropped him down the leg side of Tanzim. He was 19 off 14 when he survived an extraordinarily close leg-before-wedge, with the umpire calling it on contact on a reverse sweep. That 19 came off a free-hit, which was made possible by Mahmudullah’s no-ball.

Legspinner Rishad Hossain has a lot of promise, particularly in T20 cricket. He was slog-swept for six, though, after bowling his fifth ball too full against a Rinku who was determined to execute all manner of sweeps. Mahmudulllah then extended the offer of a free hit. Rishad committed a length error on both sides in his second over. Rinku pulled him for one after Reddy took him for two sixes down the ground. In ten overs, India reached 100 runs with that 24-run over.

Only Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed were able to score an over without a boundary after that. The worst penalty went to Mehidy, who continued to bowl in his comfort zone for 26 runs in the 13th over after failing to pull Reddy off strike. He appeared to be on track to reach 100 in just his second game, but Mustafizur’s slower delivery proved too much for him, and he was dismissed for 74 off 34.

Bangladesh had a perfect opportunity to fit in an over of spin at this point, but Hardik Pandya made no allowances for Rishad’s length mistakes. Although Rinku appeared to be the silent accomplice in the slaughter, he reached fifty at nearly two balls every ball.