IND VS BAN - 2nd T20I, Bangladesh tour of India, 2024

India completed a clinical run chase in the first T20I and today have done an equally impressive job while defending. Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh were the stars for India with the bat, while the bowlers came up with a complete team effort as they restricted Bangladesh to a paltry total in reply. We'll be back on Saturday (12th October) for the coverage of the last game of this tour. That will also be Mahmudullah's T20I match as he is retiring from the shortest format. Can Bangladesh get a consolation win and make it memorable for Mahmudullah? Or will India make it 3-0 and spoil their party? Only time will tell. For now, this is Nikhil signing off on behalf of Abhinand and Praveen. Goodbye!

Nitish Reddy | PoTM: Feels great to represent India, feel so proud about this moment. Grateful for everything. I should give credit to captain and coach. They gave me the licence to play fearless cricket. I took my time initially, but after that no-ball everything went in my favour. It feels great to play for the Indian team. I want to continue in this same way. Want to keep repeat such good performances.

Suryakumar Yadav | India captain: 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. Just the jersey changes, rest remaining remains the same. I wanted to see what different bowlers can do in different situations. Can they give me the difficult overs. Sometimes Hardik won't bowl, sometimes Washington Sunday won't bowl. I wanted to see what the other guys had in store, really happy with it. It was his (Nitish) day, I thought let him enjoy and make it large.

Shanto | Bangladesh captain: I think we made the same mistakes (like the first game), not a good thing as a team. We need to improve. I think it was a good decision (to bowl). They batted well after the first 6-7 overs, we didn't execute our plans after that. Need to take responsibilities as batsmen, we got to believe in ourselves. The way our bowlers bowled, they were impressive, but we couldn't take wickets in the middle overs like I said.

Rinku Singh: (Thought process) I keep telling myself to remain calm in tough situations. It comes naturally to me as I have been playing at this position for a long time. I practise accordingly as well. I have talked a lot regarding this with Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) which has helped. When you lose 3-4 wickets, you need to have self belief. (Partnership with Nitish Kumar) We just wanted to build a partnership as the wicket was slightly slow, rotate strike and punish the bad balls. The momentum swung after that free-hit (off Mahmudullah) and Nitish gained a lot of confidence.

Stats by Deepu Narayanan

Most wins by a team in a calendar year (including Super Over wins)
29 Uganda (2023)
28 India (2022)
21 Tanzania (2022)
20* India (2024)
20 Pakistan (2020)
India's win % of 95.23 is the best ever for a team that played at least 12 T20Is in a calendar year.

86 runs - the biggest margin of win by runs for India against Bangladesh in a T20I bettering the 50-run win in North Sound in the recent T20 World Cup.

Seven Indian bowlers to take a wicket in this innings - the most ever for them in a T20I.

22:24 Local Time, 16:54 GMT, 22:24 IST: India win by a massive margin of 86 runs and take an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the 3-match T20I series. Earlier in the evening, India lost their top three batters within the powerplay, however, Nitish Reddy and Rinku Singh had a fantastic partnership for the fourth wicket as the young batters stitched a 108-run stand. They smashed the Bangladeshi bowlers throughout their partnership and notched up their respective fifties before both of them departed. Hardik Pandya played a handy cameo following that and despite losing wickets towards the end, India managed to post a daunting total of 221 for the loss of 9 wickets. In reply, Bangladesh lost wickets at regular intervals and were reduced to 46/4 in the 7th over. Mahmudullah played an entertaining knock, but India strangled the opposition from the other end and were always in firm control of the game. The scoreboard pressure was enormous and the visitors succumbed under it. Stay around for the presentations..

Nitish Reddy to Mustafizur, no run, a dot ball to end the match. A yorker length ball by Nitish Reddy and the batsman squeezes it back to the bowler

Nitish Reddy to Taskin Ahmed, 1 run, driven through the off-side by Taskin Ahmed for a single

Nitish Reddy to Taskin Ahmed, 2 runs, slower one and Taskin Ahmed bludgeons it right over the bowler. Parag sprints across near the boundary and stops the ball, saves a couple of runs. Pandya gives him a pat on his back

Nitish Reddy to Taskin Ahmed, byes, FOUR, on a length around leg, Taskin Ahmed swings and misses. Samson fails to gather the ball and those are four byes

Nitish Reddy to Mustafizur, 1 run, pitched up by the bowler on off, Mustafizur lofts it to wide long-off for a single

Mustafizur Rahman, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Nitish Reddy to Mahmudullah, out Caught by Riyan Parag!! What a match Nitish Reddy is having! Scored a rollicking fifty with the bat and takes his second wicket. A low full toss by the all-rounder and Mahmudullah lofts it towards long-on where the fielder completes a safe catch. End of Mahmudullah's fighting knock. Mahmudullah c Riyan Parag b Nitish Reddy 41(39) [6s-3]

Nitish Reddy to Mahmudullah, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Arshdeep Singh to Mahmudullah, 1 run, squeezed into the off-side for a single

Arshdeep Singh to Taskin Ahmed, leg byes, 1 run, full and quick on leg, Taskin Ahmed gets hit on the pads, a leg bye taken