Indian team batted hard in Delhi, defeated Bangladesh by a huge margin of 86 runs.

New Delhi, 09 October (Hindustan Reporter). The Indian team has defeated Bangladesh by a huge margin of 86 runs in the second T20 match. In the match played on Wednesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, the Indian team, batting first, made a big score of 221 runs at the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Bangladesh team could score only 135 runs after losing nine wickets in 20 overs. With this, the Indian team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match T20 series. The final match of the series will be played on October 12 in Hyderabad.

Bangladesh did not have a good start while chasing the big target of 222 runs. After scoring 20 runs in the first two overs, lost the first wicket in the third over. Opener Parvez Hussain Amon was bowled by fast bowler Arshdeep Singh. Eamon scored 16 runs on 12 balls. Washington Sundar gave the second blow to Bangladesh by sending Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto to the pavilion. Shanto could score only 11 runs in seven balls. After this, Liton Das was also out on the ball of spinner Varun Chakraborty. Liton scored 14 runs on 11 balls. Bangladesh's fourth wicket fell in the form of Tauheed Hardoy. Hridoy was out after scoring only two runs. Mehdi Hasan Miraj was dismissed by Riyan Parag at the score of 80 runs. Miraj was out after scoring 16 runs in 16 balls. Fast bowler Mayank Yadav gave the sixth blow to Bangladesh by dismissing Zakir Ali. Zakir was out after scoring one run. Varun Chakraborty dismissed Rishad Hussain. Rishad was out after scoring nine runs in 10 balls. In the end, Nitish Reddy first dismissed Tanzim Hasan Saqib and then Mahmudullah and sent him to the pavilion. In this way Bangladesh could score only 135 runs for 9 wickets. Shakib scored 8 runs on 10 balls, Mahmudullah scored 41 runs on 39 balls.

Nitish Reddy and Varun Chakraborty took two wickets each from the Indian team. Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Yadav and Ryan Parag took one wicket each.

Before this, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl. The Indian team made a fast start by batting first. However, in an attempt to score runs quickly, India lost three wickets in the powerplay itself. The Indian team scored 45 runs for 3 wickets in the powerplay. Sanju Samson scored 10 runs, Abhishek Sharma scored 15 runs and captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 8 runs. After the initial setbacks, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh took the innings forward and batted aggressively. In 10 overs of both, the team's score crossed 100. After this, Nitish, playing his second T20 International match, scored the first half-century of his career. After scoring a half-century, Nitish was out after scoring 74 runs in 34 balls with the help of four fours and seven sixes. After Nitish was out, Rinku Singh also scored a half-century. However, he too was out after scoring 53 runs in 29 balls with the help of five fours and three sixes. In the end, Hardik Pandya played some big shots and took the team's score beyond 200 runs. The Indian team scored a total of 221 runs for 9 wickets. Hardik scored 32 runs in 19 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. Riyan Parag scored 15 runs on 6 balls, Arshdeep Singh scored 6 runs on 2 balls.

For Bangladesh, Rishad Hossain took three wickets, while Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Shakib and Mustafizur Rahman took two wickets each.