India take on Bangladesh in their Super Eights match in North Sound on June 22, 2024: here's the preview, predicted XIs, live score and ball-by-ball commentary of the IND vs BAN T20 World Cup match.
IND vs BAN: Live score and ball-by-ball commentary
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Today's T20 World Cup match preview
India v Bangladesh, Super Eights, ICC T20 World Cup 2024
Where: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
When: June 22, 10.30am local time
Gasping for air in the Super Eights, Bangladesh meet the yet to be defeated India team in Antigua, the same venue where they were blanked by Australia two days ago.
The main contest could be India's in-form bowling against Bangladesh's stumbling batting: so far, Bangladesh have worked hard to chase 125 once, failed to chase 114, bundled for 106 and crawled to 140-8. Their best of 159 came against the Netherlands, while they also beat Sri Lanka and Nepal.
India, on the other hand, have had their batting challenges too, but their wins have been headlined by the duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, as well as Suryakumar Yadav's rescue acts. A wobbly top order is what Bangladesh's well-balanced attack will try to break into early.
In their warm-up match, India comprehensively defeated Bangladesh, scoring 182-5 and winning by 60 runs.
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Who are the key players?
Rishad Hossain
Rishad's leg-spin could be key in the middle overs after Mustafizur Rahman and Tanzim Hasan Sakib have done the initial work. Rishabh Pant, India's leading run-getter in this tournament, strikes at 119 against leggies in T20Is, while for the in-form Surya, the number is 179. If Rishad can contain both, it could turn out to be decisive.
Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep has taken seven wickets across his last two games. interestingly, only two of those have come in the powerplay. He'd be looking to make early in-roads against a Bangladesh side that has a best opening stand of nine in the tournament so far. Tanzid Hasan Tamim, with two ducks in a row, could be in the line of fire.
IND vs BAN team news
India
India left out Mohammed Siraj in the last game for Kuldeep Yadav, and are likely to stick to that XI against Bangladesh.
Bangladesh
Tanzid's form may tempt Bangladesh to find space for Soumya Sarkar: his only game of the T20 World Cup so far ended in a two-ball duck.
IND vs BAN: Predicted playing XI
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh
Bangladesh
Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Litton Kumar Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Sakib.
Pitch report and ground conditions
There was slight rain ahead of the Bangladesh-Australia game two days ago, but the weather is expected to be clear on Sunday morning. For the opening Super Eights fixture, the square boundaries were 67m and 61m and 74m down the ground. There have been two 150+ scores batting first at this venue in this tournament so far.
Team form (most recent first)
India: WWWWW
Bangladesh: LWWLW
Odds and match prediction
Find the latest odds for India v Bangladesh here.
