Team India has locked horns with Bangladesh in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. After winning the toss, skipper Rohit Sharma decided to bowl first. However, Bangladesh batsmen started off strong but only managed to reach the total of 153/6 and India chased it down with more than 4 overs to spare and 8 wickets in hand. Both the teams made no changes in their respective squads.
Bangladesh scored 54 runs without losing a single wicket in the first power play. India had success in the sixth over, but a mistake by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was costly. In the sixth over, Rohit handed the ball over to spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Rishabh stumped on the third ball of the over, sending Liton Das back. However, the third umpire caught Rishabh’s mistake and the Bangladesh batsman got his life.
WATCH – Rohit Sharma Smashed Hat-trick Of Sixes To Mosaddek Hossain
Chahal could have had his first wicket of the match if not for wicketkeeper Pant’s slip-up behind the stumps. However, Chahal eventually had Liton out which reduced the visitors to 103/4. Pant redeeming himself by hitting the stumps direct at the striker’s end. In his next over, Chahal got the wickets of Mushfiqur Rahim and Soumya Sarkar. After that Bangladesh only managed to reach a total of 153/16 in their quota of 20 overs owing to a brilliant death over bowling of India.
During the chase, Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan started off with a bang as they amassed 63 runs in the first powerplay. However, the real joy came in the 10th over as Rohit started it with a hat-trick of sixes. The first one was over deep mid-wicket followed by the one over deep square leg and the last one came over long-on. All of them came on short deliveries.
WATCH – Chahal Dismisses Mushfiqur And Sarkar In The Same Over
In the next two over India lost both the openers as Rohit (85) was dismissed by Aminul Islam while Dhawan (31) was dismissed by the same bowler. However, Shreyas Iyer and Kl Rahul made sure that India suffers no more hiccups as India chased it down in the 16th overs with 8 wickets in hand.
Brief Scores:
India – 154/8 in 15.4 overs (R Sharma: 85, S Dhawan: 31; A Islam: 2/29) defeated Bangladesh – 153/6 in 20 overs (M Naim: 36; Y Chahal: 2/28, D Chahar: 1/25) by 8 wickets and 26 balls to spare
Here is how Twitter reacted to India’s win:
Important for Khaleel Ahmed to utilise his opportunities https://t.co/eT8z1ROUsb far havent seen much of an impact from him #IndvsBan
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 7, 2019
My gosh. Rohit Sharma on a mission or what!!!!
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) November 7, 2019
Rohit Sharma 100 matches in t20 .. What an asset he is to indian cricket …@ImRo45_FC @bcci.. congratulations
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) November 7, 2019
Hitting five or more sixes most times in a T20I match:
9 – Chris Gayle
9 – Colin Munro
8 – ROHIT SHARMA*#INDvBAN— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) November 7, 2019
Highest score after 10 overs in a chase in T20Is:
79* Rohit Sharma (Tonight)
75* Chris Gayle (WI v SA 2015)
74* Mohammad Shahzad (Afg v UAE 2015)
74* Paul Stirling (Ire v Zim 2019)
73* Jason Roy (Eng v NZ 2016)#INDvBAN— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) November 7, 2019
Rohit Sharma in 2nd match of a series while leading the team:
ODI vs SL, 2017 – 208* [Lost 1st match]
T20I vs SL, 2017 – 118
T20I vs WI, 2018 – 111*
T20I vs NZ, 2019 – 50 [Lost 1st match]
T20I vs BAN, 2019 – 85 [Lost 1st match]A batting average of 190.66…. #INDvBAN
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) November 7, 2019
Rare moment when I switch on the commentary during a cricket game. A legend of the game says he’s surprised that Mahmudullah doesn’t play more Test cricket. Mahmudullah has captained Bangladesh in two of their last three Test series. Back to mute. #INDvBAN
— Jamie Alter 🇮🇳 (@alter_jamie) November 7, 2019
Really admirable of the square-leg umpire to realise that Pant might have collected the ball ahead of the stumps. We criticise them so much when they get it wrong….it’s only fair to praise when they get it right. #IndvBan
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 7, 2019
Khaleel hasn’t really progressed the way Indian team management would have liked after nearly a year spent in international cricket. Might need to move on from the left-arm angle. #IndvBan
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) November 7, 2019
Me looking for a Rangoli stamp on Google Pay. #IndvBan pic.twitter.com/TpP3PcEfHj
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) November 7, 2019
First Indian 🇮🇳 to play…
100 Tests: Sunil Gavsakar (1984)
100 ODIs: Kapil Dev (1987)
100 T20Is: Rohit Sharma (2019)#INDvBAN— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) November 7, 2019
Highest T20I Score by IND Captain
Rohit – 118
Rohit – 111*
Rohit – 89
Rohit – 85 (Today)
Kohli – 82#INDvBAN— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) November 7, 2019
Me when Khaleel Ahmed bowls a dot ball :#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/wwphSzf2Ik
— ` (@FourOverthrows) November 7, 2019
Shreyas Iyer in T20Is – Scoring Rate
Before this series – 6.11 rpo
This series – 11.21 rpo#INDvBAN— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) November 7, 2019
The defeat in Delhi hurt India's pride and it is clearly evident from their ruthless batting approach tonight…#INDvBAN
— Sandipan Banerjee (@im_sandipan) November 7, 2019
Picture of the day is here!😍 @msdhoni & his friend enjoying #INDvBAN match in Ranchi. #TeamIndia #Dhoni #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/I5vxSlzEFv
— MS Dhoni Fans Official (@msdfansofficial) November 7, 2019
