Suryakumar Yadav has opened on his team’s performances after the Men in Blues handed an 86-run defeat to the Tigers in the second T20I of Bangladesh tour of India 2024.
India defeated Bangladesh and secured a series win with an easy on October 09 at Delhi. India started with struggle as they lost three batter in the powerplay. But despite early defeats, the hosts recovered better than usual.
Nithsh Kumar made a solid stand with 74 runs with 34 balls while Rinku Singh smashed 53 runs from 29 deliveries.
With Hardik Pandya’s 32 runs in 19 deliveries, India was able to post a total of 221/9 in their 20 overs.
Delight in Delhi! 🥳#TeamIndia register a 86-run win in the 2nd T20I and seal the series 2⃣-0⃣
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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 9, 2024
Suryakumar Yadav spoke to broadcasters in the post-match presentation and highlighted that he wanted the team to put in a challenging position.
“I wanted that situation, wanted my batters (5,6,7) in that situation. Happy for both (Rinku and Nitish) of them. They batted exactly the way I wanted. You got to go out there and express,” Surya said after the match.
India put up seven bowlers who picked at least one wicket in an innings. Suryakumar Yadav also got the likes of Abhishek Sharma, and Riyan Parag to bowl.
“I wanted to see what different bowlers can do in different situations. Can they give me the difficult overs? Sometimes Hardik won’t bowl, and sometimes Washington Sundar won’t bowl. I wanted to see what the other guys had in store, and I was really happy with it. It was his (Nitish) day, I thought let him enjoy and make it large,” he added.
India restricted Bangladesh for 135 runs with Nitish and Varun Chakravarthy picking two wickets each. For his sensational all-rounder performance Nitish Reddy was named Player of the Match.
Leading the series 2-0, India will be facing Bangaldesh in the third T20I on October 12 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
