India v Bangladesh Prediction: Time to capitalise on Washington in 2nd T20i

It’s the second T20I between India and Bangladesh at Delhi after India’s comprehensive win on Sunday and it’s a match broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 from 14:30 on Wednesday afternoon, UK time.

Jamie Pacheco has a 6/1 India top bowler selection and is looking at lower-order Bangladesh batsmen at big prices to come good for a second successive match as he takes us through his India vs Bangladesh Predictions for the match...

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India 

It was all extremely straightforward for India on Sunday in the first T20i.

They bowled Bangladesh out with a ball to spare with Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy the pick of the bowlers with 3-14 and 3-31 respectively. Our pick Hardik Pandya can have no excuses about not getting a fair go because he bowled all four of his overs, taking one wicket.  

With the bat Sanju Samson did open as we predicted and there was a surprise inclusion of Nitish Kumar Reddy at four, who scored 16 not out.  

Hardik Pandya ended up top-scoring with 39 off 16 and is likely to keep his place at five.  

Shivam Dube was injured last time out and may return in place of Reddy, while Jitesh Sharma will have to wait for his turn to impress with the bat. Ravi Bishnoi will be next in line if they decide to tinker with the bowling.  

Possible XI:  Abishek Sharma, Samson, Sky Yadav, Parag, Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Sundar, Arshdeep, Chakravarthy, Yadav.  

Bangladesh  

That India chased that total of 127 so easily suggested the Tigers were well below par with it. 

What was incredibly frustrating was that we'd been on Mehidy Hasan Miraz for top Bangladesh batsman at 14/1 in the two Test matches, only to see him save his 'big innings' for the T20I, top-scoring with 35 off 32 from number seven.  All part of the game I'm afraid.  

There's not much in terms of bench strength these days for Bangladesh so they may well play the same XI again, unless the reliable Tanzim Hasan Sakib gets a game.  

Possible XI: Das, Emon, Shanto, Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Mahmudullah, Mehidi Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Sakib, Rahman.  

Pitch and conditions  

We're at Delhi for this one, where there have been seven T20Is played here in the past.  

Interestingly, it's the venue where Bangladesh recorded their only ever win against India in T20Is when in 2019 they chased 148 thanks to 60 from Mushfiqur Rahim.  

In 2022 South Africa chased India's 211 here with David Miller top-scoring with 64 off 31; so we may get a big first innings score if India bat first.  

India vs Bangladesh 2nd T20i Odds

1/18 India plays 5/1 Bangladesh. 

The one rug of comfort Bangladesh can hang onto is that this was the scene of their only ever win against India but that's really a case of clutching at straws because that really is all they've got going for them here.  

It wouldn't be a big surprise if that 1/8 is the biggest price India reach all match. If there isn't an angle to pursue here, we won't look to invent one.  

India Top Bowler 

Arshdeep justified favouritism at 11/4 by taking three wickets but it should be noted that he tied with Chakravarthy so even though you would have made money on him, it would only have been at half the odds of 11/4 as those two dead-heated.  

Singh is 11/4 again with Chakravarthy 18/5. Singh has an excellent record in T20Is with 86 wickets in 55 T20Is.  

The slight problem here is that in a heat like this there's always the chance there could be another tie given Betfred don't split bowlers on the same number of wickets by who conceded less runs and that you only get paid out at a fraction of the odds, so that's something to consider.  

So with that in mind it makes sense to go with a much bigger priced runner. The fact that Pandya bowled four overs meant that Reddy and Washington Sundar bowled two each but that could well change in this next match and it would be no surprise if it's Sundar who gets to bowl his four, seeing as he's in the team as a bowling all-rounder.  

It's true that with 45 wickets in 50 T20Is his record isn't as good as that of Singh or Chakravarthy, but it's also true that he's very capable; and if the Bangladesh batsmen decide they have to go after someone, it may be the off-spinner rather than Singh's yorkers, Mayank Yadav's raw pace or Chakravarthy's bag of tricks. Which of course could lead to wickets.  

As ever, price is everything and 6/1 on an experienced bowler who may well get through four overs is too big, especially when we consider the importance of those odds in the event of another dead-heat.