New Delhi. In the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Team India will face Bangladesh (India Vs Bangladesh) on 22 June in their second match of the Super 8. After defeating Afghanistan in the opening match, the confident Rohit Sharma brigade will want to win this match and ensure entry into the last four. The Indian team has an excellent record in the T20 World Cup against Bangladesh. In the 4 matches played so far, the ‘Bangla Tigers’ have never been able to beat us. Team India won all four matches in 2009, 2014, 2016 and 2022 under the T20 World Cup. However, Team India is not going to make the mistake of underestimating Bangladesh on the basis of past records. Especially when this match has become a do or die situation for Bangladesh after losing to Australia by 28 runs (Duckworth-Lewis rule) in their first match of Super 8 on Friday. Bangladesh team is a big force in ODI and T20 today and has reached Super 8 by performing brilliantly in the group matches.
Team India will be reminded of the match against Bangladesh in the 2022 T20 World Cup when Liton Das brought the Indian team to the brink of defeat by speaking ‘Hulla’. The Indian team somehow managed to save its honor by winning this rain-affected match by 5 runs (Duckworth-Lewis rule). The Bangladeshi team has not been able to progress beyond the second round in the T20 World Cup so far and Nazmul Hussain Shanto’s team will be desperate to break this ‘barrier’ this time. Although many players of the Bangladesh team are performing well in the current World Cup, but the player from whom Team India needs to be most alert is Mustafizur Rahman. This left-arm fast bowler can take a tough test of the Indian batsmen this time along with 21-year-old Tanzim Hasan Sakib and wrist spinner Riyaz Hussain.
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Unmatched in both average and economy
28-year-old Mustafizur has performed brilliantly in almost every match of the team and has taken 7 wickets at an average of 11.00 and economy of 4.27. Tanjim and Rishhad (9-9 wickets) may be ahead of him in terms of wickets, but Mustafizur has no match in wicket-taking ability and accurate bowling. Speed has never been the strong point of Mustafizur’s bowling. He is adept at ‘deceiving’ the batsmen with his cutters and slow balls. His bowling is so varied that it is not easy to hit even in the death overs. In the match against Nepal, he played an important role in defending the score of 106 runs along with Tanjim and forced the Nepali team with hitters like Kushal Malla and Dipendra Singh Airee to lose by 22 runs. This is the lowest score defended by any team in the T20 World Cup.
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Most dot balls bowled in T20 World Cup 2024
Mustafizur has bowled the most dot balls in the T20 World Cup. Mustafizur has bowled 70 dot balls in this edition so far. He has a chance to improve this record in the upcoming matches. Anyway, the slow wickets of West Indies are suitable for his bowling. Mustafizur does not give much speed to the balls and is an expert in rolling the wrist at the last moment, in such a situation the batsman gets out while trying to hit a shot.
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Have taken 27 wickets in T20 World Cup
Mustafizur, who is playing his fourth T20 World Cup, has taken 27 wickets in 20 T20 matches of the tournament at an average of 18.40 and an economy of 6.71. During this time, he has taken 5 wickets in an innings and 4 wickets once. In the T20 World Cup, he has only 2 wickets in two matches against India, which he would like to compensate in the match on June 22. Anyway, 127 wickets (best 6/10) taken in 101 T20I career at an average of 20.98 and an economy of 7.38 speak of Mustafizur’s bowling skills.
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Took 5 wickets in debut ODI, forced India to lose the series
Mustafizur made his ODI debut against India in Mirpur and single-handedly forced the Indian team to lose the three-match series. He took 55 wickets for 50 runs in his debut ODI in 2015. He took 6 wickets for 43 runs in the second match and 2 wickets for 57 runs in the third match, taking a total of 13 wickets in the series and became the Player of the Series.
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When ‘Captain Cool’ got angry at Mustafizur
Mustafizur has also had a heated argument with Team India captain MS Dhoni on the field. This incident happened during an ODI between India and Bangladesh. Dhoni is usually very calm on the field but despite repeated reminders, Mustafizur was becoming a hindrance for the batsmen during bowling. He was coming in the way of the batsmen running for runs. When Mustafizur did this again during Dhoni’s batting, the Indian cricketer pushed him hard with his shoulder. After this, Mustafizur was seen stumbling on the field. After this incident, Dhoni was fined 75% of the match fee and Mustafizur was fined 50%. However, after this Mustafizur has played for Dhoni’s captained Chennai Super Kings team in IPL 2024.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 21, 2024, 20:02 IST