The world is gearing up for another battle of the T20 World Cup, which is set to take place on 2nd November at Adelaide Oval. This time, it will be India vs Bangladesh for the cricket fans.
Team of India
Team India has so far showcased their excellent potential in the previous matches. As well, they managed to register two victories, one against Pakistan and the other against Netherlands. But unfortunately, they were defeated by South Africa in their previous face-off of the tournament. As per reports, the team managed to register around 131 runs in 20 overs.
Among their excellent batsmen, Suryakumar Yadav proved to be the successful one, who scored 68 runs on 40 balls with the help of six boundaries and three sixes. The captain, Rohit Sharma as well scored 15 runs, while the former captain, Virat Kohli managed to score just 12 runs. Other excellent batting options like KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, along with others struggled to score big runs against the bowlers of the Proteas.
However, their bowling unit did manage to provide a tough competition to the bowling unit of South Africa. Their bowlers have been reported to leak the target of 134 runs in 19.4 over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Hardik Pandya, and Ravichandran Ashwin came up with their stunning form among other bowlers in the previous match.
India Playing XI
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (Captain of the team), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik/Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
Team of Bangladesh
The Bangladesh team has registered two victories till now in the tournament. The team managed to defeat Zimbabwe with a margin of three runs. However, the batting unit were successful in registering 150 runs in 20 overs. Out of all the batters, Najmul Hossain Shanto proved to be the successful one, scoring 71 runs on 55 balls. Afif Hossain performed well and scored 29 runs, he faced 19 balls and smashed one boundary and one huge six. The skipper, Shakib Al Hasan scored 23 runs, while Litton Das could manage to score 14 runs.
From their bowling options, Taskin Ahmed was the highest wicket-taker with three wickets to his name in four overs against just 19 runs. Mustafizur Rahman also had an outstanding performance with the bat and picked up two wickets in four overs while he was charged with 15 runs. Besides them, Mosaddek Hossain also performed well.
Bangladesh Playing XI
Najmul Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (Captain of the team), Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Yasir Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman.
Predicted Speculations
Based on past records, India had won over 10 matches against Bangladesh while Bangladesh came out victorious only on 1 occasion against team India.
Though the team of Bangladesh seem to have momentum by their side, but team India has more chances to register victory in the upcoming battle. Moreover, team India’s recent performance has been quite impressive and interesting.
Also, the Bangladesh team is expected to set a tough fight by retaining their excellent form. With both strong sides facing each other, the match is likely to be a treat to the eyes.
