‘Delhi is your favorite venue. Will it be the same this time?’—Mahmudullah Riyad laughed as he told this in the crowd of selfie hunters. But he did not waste any words.
After Shakib Al Hasan’s ban in 2019 in the fixing case, Mahmudullah got the permanent leadership in T20. The journey began with defeating India in Delhi. This is the only win in 15 T20Is against India. It was in Delhi that Mahmudullah announced to stop T20.
Mahmudullah will come down to save the series against India on Wednesday (October 9) with the happy memory of Delhi despite not saying anything. The game will start at 7:30 pm Bangladesh time. Bangladesh are trailing 1-0 in the series after losing in Gwalior.
It has literally become Mahmudullah’s series after announcing his retirement. Apart from saving the series, Bangladesh wants to do something for him. A member of the management told RisingBD, ‘We have fond memories in Delhi. But for this you have to give your best on the field. We want to present something good to Mahmudullah here as a start.’
Not just T20 in Delhi. A great victory came against Sri Lanka in the ODI in the World Cup. Although there is a debate about the timed out in this field. But at the end of the day, winning is important. Bangladesh is also looking forward to forget the controversial issue.
The bowling-batting has been very bad in Gwalior. All departments have to give their best to win. Mahmudullah feels that, ‘As a bowling unit, I would say one thing that the bowling unit that we have, the pace and the spin – they have been doing very well for the last few years. I think we lost very badly in the last match, the batting was not very good, the bowling was not good either.’
Run festival may be in Delhi. Statistics say so. Arun Jaitley has played 5 matches in this year’s IPL. The score crossed 200 in 8 out of 10 innings. But if Bangladesh bats first it can be different. In Gwalior, where India batted with aplomb, Bangladesh conceded just over six per over.
Bangladesh lost 2 wickets in the beginning and fell behind. Only 39 runs came in the power play. Despite losing equal wickets, India made 71! This is where the fate of the match is built. Nazmul Hossain Shanto said that he did not want to make such a mistake in the second match. However, the captain’s innings was also questionable. 27 runs with only 25 balls down to three!
Bangladesh XI may change. Tanjim Hasan Shakib can replace Taskin Ahmed in bowling. Taskin was disoriented with random bowling in the last match. The batting order is also being discussed. There was a discussion about Mehdi Hasan Miraj opening or bringing him up, but the captain did not give any indication.
India is also going through T20 squad formation. Both made their debut in the last match. Tilak Verma and Harshith Rana can be seen in place of Nitish Reddy and Mayank Yadav. Tilak returns to the team in place of Shivam Dube. Shivam was knocked out 24 hours before the start of the series.
India’s Arshdeep Singh hints at aggressive cricket, ‘Our bowlers have been doing a great job for the past few years. I don’t think we played that badly in the first game. We should not question ourselves on a game by game basis. It would be unfair. We have to get out. We have tried to play aggressively with the bat, which will help us more.’
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