Bangladesh will begin their next part of Indian tour with the T20I series on Sunday. The first game of the series will be played in Gwalior with Najmul Shanto and his men looking to bounce back from the humiliating 2-0 Test series loss to India. The rivalry so far is one sided with India win 13 games and Bangladesh just winning 1.
Bangladesh despite their inconsistencies in the red ball format, are a force to be reckoned with in the T20 format. Some of the players have years of experience and can turn out to be the match winners. Names like Mahmudullah are huge players in the T20 format with the bat and ball.
Suryakumar Yadav and Team India will not take the Bangladeshis lightly. The last time the two teams met in a T20 series in India the series went down to the wire. Deepak Chahar’s 6/7 won India the series not before the visitors gave a huge scare.
Here are the top 3 players to watch out for from Bangladesh vs India
3- Rishad Hossain
Bangladeshi leg spinner Rishad Hossain is one of the best young talents in the country. The youngster has been picking wickets at regular intervals and is one of the key members of the side. Rishad Hossain has played 24 T20 games for Bangladesh and picked 29 wickets with a best of 3/22. His economy rate of 7.36 runs per over which is one of the best in the current generation. Rishad is not only a good bowler but can also score runs when needed as seen with the fifty he scored against Sri Lanka. His only game against India came during the 2024 T20 World Cup where he bowled 3 overs and was carted for 43 runs with 2 wickets. Hossain got the wickets of Rishabh Pant and Shivam Dube as India won by 50 runs.
2- Mahmudullah
With Shakib Al Hasan retiring, veteran star Mahmudullah will be a key member of the Bangladeshi side. The 38-year-old has played 138 T20I games and scored 2394 runs with 8 fifties and a strike rate of 117. With the ball Mahmudullah has picked 40 wickets with a best of 3/10 and has an economy rate of 7 runs per over. Mahmudullah has played 12 matches against India and scored 198 runs with an average of 22 and strike rate of 122. The 38-year-old is a very dangerous batter lower down the order and has the ability to smash any bowling attack on his day.
1- Mustafizur Rahman
The left-arm pacer is without doubt one of the most skillful bowlers in the T20I format. The 29-year-old has played 103 T20I games and picked 128 wickets with a best of 6/10. His career economy rate stands at 7.41 and is one of the best death bowlers. Mustafizur Rahman has a lot of experience playing in India especially with his stints in the IPL. Earlier this year he was part of the Chennai Super Kings side and formed a deadly combination with Matheesha Pathirana. Against India, the 29-year-old has played 10 games and picked just 4 wickets. Mustafizur Rahman has found it tough to bowl to the Indian batters who have attacked Bangladesh’s best bowler in his first spell.
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