Another fine all-round performance from Team India, powered by a century partnership by Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh and some brilliant bowling from spinners, helped India secure a 2-0 series win over Bangladesh with an 86-run win in the match at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesd
In its continuous efforts to curb trans-border crimes and smuggling along Indo-Bangladesh boder, the troops of Border Security Force (BSF) Guwahati Frontier seized 5 gold biscuits during a special search operation in the Coochbehar district of West Bengal.
"128 Bangladeshis pushed back in last 2 months. Maintaining strict vigil along the Indo-Bangla border, @assampolice has pushed back 128 infiltrators across the border. The following persons have been apprehended in the wee hours. Babul Hussain, Sakib Mia. Good job Team!" said CM Sarma.
In only his second T20I, Nitish scored a brilliant 74 in just 34 balls, with four boundaries and seven sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 217.65.
After being reduced to 41/3, Rinku and Nitish put up a 108-run partnership and Hardik Pandya delivered a fine cameo to push India to a massive total. India needs to defend 222 runs to win the series 2-0.
India is 1-0 up in the series. In the first T20I held in Gwalior, Men in Blue had secured a seven-wicket win to start off the three-match series on a positive note.
Ahead of the second T20I of the three-match series between India and Bangladesh, former cricketer Aakash Chopra believed that tri-nation T20I and ODI series instead of the billateral series as sometimes the billateral series does not give proper results to the broadcasters.
Team India will look to seal the series as they lock horns with Bangladesh in the second T20I of the three match series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday.
Miller refused to provide any specific readout regarding the meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar which was held last week in Washington, DC.
Ahead of the first T20I match against Bangladesh, India pacer Arshdeep Singh on Tuesday said that he didn't feel like checking the pitch at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.