India face an unpredictable Bangladesh in the second match of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 tri-series in Colombo on Thursday. The Rohit Sharma-led team were humbled by hosts Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the first match on Tuesday. With the win, Sri Lanka halted India's seven-match winning streak against the island nation in T20Is. India were favourites coming into the series but the shock loss to the hosts has opened up the series. India, defending a competitive 174 for five, were let down by the bowling department as Kusal Perera, who scored 66 off 37 balls, did not spare the bowlers and hit boundaries at will. Yuzvendra Chahal, the only frontline spinner in the team was also not spared. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Captain Rohit, however, backed the young guns to deliver against Bangladesh. "Our bowlers tried everything they could, but sometimes it doesn't come off the way you want it to. I felt we have enough experience in our bowling line-ups. Yes, they are new on the scene, but they've put in performances. I had a lot of confidence going into the game," Rohit said.
When and Where to watch: India (IND) vs Bangladesh (BAN)
(IND) Vs (BAN) is scheduled for a 7 PM IST (01:30 PM GMT) start. Live Streaming and TV information for the match can be found below.
India: DSport, DD Sports
Bangladesh: Gazi TV (GTV)
Sri Lanka: SLRC
South Africa: SuperSport
USA: Willow TV
UK: Sky Sports
Canada: ATN Cricket Plus HD
MENA: OSN Sports Cricket HD
India vs Bangladesh, 2nd T20I
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Vijay Shankar says it's been a good show from them. Reckons bowling back of a length is something which doesn't let batsman score freely and hence he likes to hit it more often. Is trying to adapt to the situation and is happy to do it. States they are backing themselves to chase this down.
Bangladesh will be very disappointed with their effort. Apart from Liton Das and Sabbir Rahman none of the batsmen got going and now it's a tough ask for their bowlers to defend a paltry score against a star-studded batting line-up. Will India continue to keep wood over Bangladesh? We shall find out in just a bit. We have Vijay Shankar up for a chat. Let's see what the pacer has to say...
Excellent performance from India after opting to bowl. They were right on the money from the word go and never did they let Bangladesh off the hook. All their bowlers got into the act pretty quickly especially after that thrashing that they received in the series opener. Unadkat got three while Thakur got two to his name. Both their spinners were pretty economical and tidy. They gave away just 42 runs and picked up a wicket in the 8 overs together.
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Shardul Thakur to Taskin Ahmed
Another one on a shorter length, Thakur grunts as he delivers it. Taskin Ahmed mistimes his pull to mid-wicket and settles for a single. BANGLADESH FINISH WITH 139/8!
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Shardul Thakur to Taskin Ahmed
Wide! This seems to have slipped out of his hands! Full toss, too, too wide outside the tramline. A good take from Karthik behind.
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Shardul Thakur to Mustafizur Rahman
Comes a couple of steps ahead and drives it towards sweeper cover for a single.
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Shardul Thakur to Mustafizur Rahman
Bangs in a short one, directing towards the batsman. Rahman is ages to late to swing across the line.
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Shardul Thakur to Taskin Ahmed
Drags a pull off the inside edge towards mid-wicket for a single.
Mustafizur Rahman is next.
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Shardul Thakur to Taskin Ahmed
OUT! Run out! Very full on the stumps, Taskin Ahmed drags it off the inner half towards long on and runs the first one hard. He wants another as well and Rubel sets off. Raina fires a flat throw to Shardul who seems to have not collected it cleanly but did well to deflect it onto the stumps at his end. They take it upstairs and replays confirm the same.
