India vs Bangladesh 1st T20I: Stats Preview of Players’ Records and Approaching Milestones

India and Bangladesh. (Source – Getty Images)

After a record-extending 18th consecutive Test series win at home, India will now take on their opponents from that series, Bangladesh, in a T20I series at home. 

India drubbed Bangladesh in both the Tests, played at Chennai and Kanpur. In Chennai, Hasan Mahmud had bowled well to reduce India to 144/6 before Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who is now retired from T20Is, put up 199 and Ashwin scored a hundred to put India in a commanding position. Bangladesh’s batting crumpled against India and India took a first innings lead. Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant made centuries in the second innings and India comfortably wrapped Bangladesh up in the fourth innings. 

The second Test at Kanpur was marred by rain and the loss of almost two and a half days to the weather. Bangladesh had batted for only two sessions on day one before the weather intervened, and no play was possible on days two and three. Bangladesh went from 107/3 to 233 on the fourth morning. Trying to force a result, India came out all guns blazing and broke the record for the fastest team 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 before ending their innings at 285/9 in 34.4 overs. Bangladesh once again could not take the heat and India wrapped up their fourth innings target of 95 in a similar breakneck fashion. 

Now the attention shifts to the shortest format. The first match of this three-match series will be held at Gwalior, which is hosting its first international match after 14 years, and at a brand new stadium this time.

Here are some upcoming players’ milestones from both teams:

68 – Suryakumar Yadav (2432) is 68 runs away from reaching 2500 T20I runs. He will become the second-fastest Indian, and the fourth-fastest player overall by innings to the milestone if he does so. 

2 – Ravi Bishnoi (48) is two wickets away from reaching 50 T20I wickets. He will become the joint seconded fastest Indian to the milestone by matches if he does so. 

2 – Varun Chakravarthy (98) is two wickets away from reaching 100 T20 wickets. 

92 – Najmul Hossain Shanto (908) is 92 runs away from reaching 1000 T20I runs. If he gets there, he will become the fastest Bangladeshi, by innings, to the milestone. 

57 – Litton Das (1493) is 57 runs away from reaching 2000 runs in T20Is. He will become the fastest Bangladeshi, by innings, to get there in case he does.

26 – Mahmudullah (5974) is 26 runs away from reaching 6000 runs in T20s. 

4 – Shoriful Islam (46) is four wickets away from reaching 50 wickets in T20Is. He will be the joint second-fastest player from Bangladesh to the milestone if he achieves it. 

5 – Taskin Ahmed (5) is 195 wickets away from reaching 200 T20 wickets.