Nidahas Trophy 2018, Bangladesh vs India, 2nd T20I – Statistical Preview

The home team Sri Lanka outplayed India with an all-round game in the opening game of the Nidahas Trophy on Tuesday. India will need to work a lot for opening their account before they face Bangladesh in the second game. India’s bowling depth might require 20 extra runs for defending and is possible only if India’s middle order steps up big time. Rohit Sharma’s recent scores are a worrying factor for them while Shikhar Dhawan’s rich run being a boon.

All the key stats and numbers to be looked out ahead of the India-Bangladesh game:

1 – Bangladesh won only once in their last 13 matches in the T20I format. They defeated Sri Lanka in Colombo last year by 45 runs after which they lost all the four T20Is they played by a huge margin.

2 – Number of losses for India in T20Is played in Sri Lanka. The defeat to Sri Lanka in the opening game was their 2nd in nine matches in Sri Lanka. They have a win-loss record of 6-2 at the RPS, Colombo.

5 – India defeated Bangladesh in all the five T20I meetings between the two sides. India faced Bangladesh in the WT20 on three occasions and twice in the Asia Cup T20.

19 – Rohit Sharma’s batting average in the T20I format at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. He scored 95 runs in seven innings at this venue that includes an unbeaten 55. Only Gautam Gambhir (15.5 in Colombo) and Shikhar Dhawan (18.33 in Dhaka) have a lower T20I batting average at a venue among India.

41 – Mustafizur Rahman’s bowling average in the Twenty20 format since the start of IPL 2017. In the 13 T20s, Mustafizur took nine wickets and conceded runs at an economy of 8.23. In his first 45 T20s, the left-arm pacer conceded runs at 6.37 and took 62 wickets at an average of 17.61.

153.84 – Shikhar Dhawan’s batting strike-rate in the T20I format since the start of 2017. In his last ten innings, Dhawan scored 360 runs at an average of 40 with three fifties. He had only two fifties in his first 22 T20I innings where he averaged 20.8 and scored at an S/R of 113.35.

194 – Runs Rohit Sharma scored against Bangladesh in the five T20Is. He is the leading run-getter in the India-Bangladesh T20I matches. Rohit’s 83-run innings, two fifties, 16 fours and seven sixes are all the most in the India-Bangladesh T20I matches.

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