India’s next generation continued to impress with another sparkling performance to floor Bangladesh in the second T20I held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. Nitish Reddy announced his arrival with a blistering half-century while Rinku Singh solidified his reputation of a troubleshooter with a brilliant fifty to propel India to a big total of 221/9. And then bowlers took the centerstage with a combined show with saw India use as many as seven different options with each tasting success to limit Bangladesh to 135/9 in 20 overs and seal an 86-run win.
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India thus took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with their biggest ever win in the format over Bangladesh by run-margin.
The promising Nitish played the most attractive innings – 74 off 34 – as he combined with Rinku (53 off 29) to put up a crucial 108-run stand for the fourth wicket to pull India out of a precarious position.
Put into bat, the Indian top-order was outfoxed by the pace trio of Tanzim Hasan, Mustafizur Rehman and Taskin Ahmed. They varied their pace to get the desired results.
Bangladesh started the inning with some spin in the form of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Sanju Samson punished the off-spinner with back-to-back boundaries to plunder 15 runs from the first over.
But Samson bungled up his start, getting out to Taskin.
After only two runs in the second over, Abhishek Sharma slammed back-to-back boundaries and looked to slog Tanzim Hasan but the 147kmph delivery induced an inside edge, which resulted in his off-stump cartwheeling.
Shanto introduced Mustafizur into the attack in the sixth over and the experienced campaigner started off with slower deliveries, with the third one paying dividends as Suryakumar Yadav chipped a cutter straight into the hands off Shanto as India lost their third wicket in the powerplay.
But Reddy blasted the Bangladesh attack to hit seven maximums and four boundaries in only 34 balls. Playing only his second T20I, he brought up his maiden fifty in 27 balls by knocking the ball toward long-on.
At the other end Rinku, who hit five boundaries and three maximums, also showcased his big-hitting prowess as he smashed the first six of the match off leg-spinner Rishad Hossain in the eighth over.
Reddy too took a liking to Rishad, pummeling three maximums in the 10th over to take India past 100.
He first clobbered one across long on. Rishad erred in his length once again and was met with similar treatment as Reddy slogged it over wide long on. The third six came behind mid wicket.
The 21-year-old was eventually sent back by Mustafizur, who bowled a slower ball once again, but not before receiving a standing ovation.
Nitish (2/23) followed his show with the bat by taking two wickets as well. Varun Chakaravarthy chipped in with two wickets too while Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Mayank Yadav, Abhishek and Riyan took a wicket each as well.
With PTI Inputs
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