ABOUT THE MATCH
Bangladesh leads the series 1-0 and now will play the 2nd T20 in the Three-game T20 series with India. The match will take place on November 7 at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. The live telecast for this match will start at 19:00 (local time).
Despite Shakib’s absence, Bangladesh has pulled out a stunner in the 1st game. Mushfiqur Rahim has taken the role of an anchor and made a blazing 60* to help his team chase a target of 149 runs in 19.3 overs.
Finally, India has lost its winning streak in T20’s. Before this game, Team India won all the eight T20 games against Bangladesh. Indian openers were unable to start the inning well and that has cost the team a lot.
TOSS PREDICTION
The pitch at Rajkot is a batting wicket. Whichever team wins the toss will opt to bat first and give a tough total for the opposition to chase.
PITCH AND CONDITIONS
Rajkot’s pitch has always favored the batsman in all the formats. We can expect some big hitting and some big chasing.
But here is some bad news for all the cricket fans. Cyclone Maya is on its way and is expected to make its fall before the match day. And it might also spoil the matchday with heavy rains and stormy conditions.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF INDIA
Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Khaleel Ahmed
PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF BANGLADESH
Liton Das, Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Aminul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain
MATCH PREVIEW
INDIA
- With Hardik’s injury, Shivam Dube has replaced his spot and made his debut for India in T20I.
- Bumrah is still recovering from a back injury and the standing captain Virat and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are unavailable.
- KL Rahul has returned at number three and Deepak Chahar and Khaleel Ahmed are leading the pace department.
- India lost its first T20 game against Bangladesh.
- They posted a total of 148/6 in the first innings,
- Bangladesh won the match by seven wickets with three balls remaining.
Bangladesh
- Mohammad Naim has finally made his T20I debut for Bangladesh and has replaced Shakib-Al-Hasan.
- Despite Shakib’s absence, Bangla boys have proved that it will not affect their team performance.
- Bangladesh won all of their 4 games in the Tri-Series against Afghanistan and Zimbabwe and is continuing the same form in the absence of Shakib.
- Mushfiqur Rahim guided Bangladesh innings with his knock of 60* from 43 balls and sealed a seven-wicket victory in the final over.
PROBABLE WINNING TEAM:
Bangladesh gave a shock to everyone by winning the first game. Still, India will enter the 2nd T20 as favorites. India might pull this match. But they need to pray that the weather will not play spoilsport.
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