Nitish Reddy
IND vs BAN: Whenever a match takes place in Delhi, some big record is made or broken. The second T20I match is being played between India and Bangladesh in Delhi in which India has created a new record by batting first. Bangladesh captain won the toss and invited India to bat first. The start of the Indian innings was very bad. The Indian opening pair returned to the pavilion within 3 overs. Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs in the second over. After this, his partner Abhishek Sharma also walked on the last ball of the next over. Abhishek became the victim of Tanzeem Hasan after scoring 15 runs. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav also returned to the pavilion cheaply. Surya became the victim of Mustafizur Rahman in the last over of the powerplay. Surya returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs.
After losing 3 important wickets in the powerplay, Nitish Reddy along with Rinku Singh took charge of the Indian innings and took the team’s score beyond 100 in 10 overs. During this, Nitish Reddy scored a explosive half-century. There was a great partnership of 108 runs between Nitish and Rinku. This is India’s third highest partnership for the fourth wicket in T20I cricket.
Team India created a new history
After Nitish was out, Rinku also completed her half-century. However, Rinku returned to the pavilion after scoring 53 runs on 29 balls. Rinku hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in her innings. After Rinku Singh was out, Hardik opened his hands and took India’s score beyond 200 runs. In this way Team India created a new record. Actually, India touched the 200-run mark for the first time in the T20I match against Bangladesh. Earlier, for the first time, India had made the highest score of 196/5 runs against Bangladesh in the 2024 T20 World Cup. The Indian team scored 221 runs after losing 9 wickets, which is the highest score of Team India after losing 3 or more wickets in the powerplay in a T20I match. Not only this, this is also the highest score by any Asian team.
Highest T20I score against Bangladesh
- 224/4 South Africa, Potchefstroom 2017
- 221/9 India, Delhi 2024
- 214/6 Sri Lanka, Colombo RPS 2018
- 210/4 Sri Lanka, Sylhet 2018
