Bangladesh Tour of India

3rd T20I: IND vs BAN

Preview

Team India bullwhipped Bangladesh in the second T20I match of the three-match series on Wednesday in Delhi. The current World Champions, India, will meet the Bangla Tigers in the third and final T20I match of this tour on Saturday, October 11th, 2024. This match is scheduled at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Suryakumar Yadav will lead Men in Blue, IND. On the other hand, Men in Green, BAN will be led by Najmul Hossain Shanto.

After winning the toss in the second T20I, the Visitors put the Hosts to bat first, they did not get started as they were looking for and lost their 3 wickets on the score of 41 runs in just 5.3 overs. After that, it was Rinku Singh and Nitish Kumar Reddy who guided India's team to post a mammoth total of 221 runs at the Captial. The right-handed batter Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 74 off 32 balls which included 4 fours and 7 sixes in his blistering knock whereas the left-handed batter Rinku Singh also scored a marvellous 53 off 29 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. All-rounder Hardik Pandya gave the finishing touch to this inning and added 32 off 19 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes.

While chasing this huge target, Bangladesh stumbled once again like the first T20I and surrendered their innings on 135 runs, losing the match by 86 runs. For the Visitors, Mahmudullah scored the highest score of 41 off 39 balls. For team India, Nitish Reddy and Varun Chakravarthy got 2 wickets each while conceding 23 and 19 runs respectively, while Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag got a wicket each under their belt.

It is going to be a big challenge for Bangladeshi batters when they visit Hyderabad on Saturday for the third and final T20I match of the series. The visitors must be aiming for a solid show from their top-order batters against this unyielding Indian side who has already taken a 2-0 lead. Meanwhile, the Hosts would not try to do something extraordinary for this match, they would try to play their natural game and try to make it a clean sweep against the Bangla Tigers.

IND and BAN have faced each other in 16 matches in T20I. Out of these 16 games, India has won 15 whereas Bangladesh has come out victorious on 01 occasion, making it a one-sided battle.

Match Details

Match: IND vs. BAN, 3rd T20I, Bangladesh Tour of India

Date: October 12, 2024

Time: Saturday, 7:00 PM

Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Pitch Report

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, India is known to be a good batting pitch. The new white ball might show some movement, particularly in the lights, but once the pitch settles, batters can easily score their runs. This venue has hosted 02 T20I matches so far, out of which nil won by batting first, and 02 won by the chasing side. The average score batting first in T20Is here is 139 runs.

With that record, both side's skippers will be keen to the crucial toss, bowl first and put pressure on the opposition by taking advantage of the deck. Batters, though, can expect a nice time here and the fielding side would try to restrict them to under 190 runs.

During the match, the temperature in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is predicted to be around 23-29 degrees Celsius, with the humidity level crossing over 70%. There is going to be light wind on the ground at the speed of 06 km/h. There is no rain expected for the match day but it going to be a cloudy day.

IND vs. BAN Squads

IND: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav

BAN: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Towhid Hridoy, Tanzid Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Parvez Hossain Emon, Litton Das, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Shoriful Islam, Rakibul Hasan

IND vs. BAN Probable XIs

IND: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Nitish Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav

BAN: Litton Das (wk), Parvez Hossain Emon, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

Match Prediction

It's not a big call to take on, the Hosts are going to be the favourite anyways in the home conditions. India won 15 T20I matches against Bangladesh, out of 16 they have played so far. We back India to win this match and clean-sweep the series by 3-0.

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