IND vs BAN 2024: 3 players who starred and 2 who flopped in the 2nd India vs Bangladesh T20I match ft. Sanju Samson & Nitish Kumar Reddy

Team India secured a comprehensive 86-run victory over Bangladesh in the second T20I of the three-match series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday, October 9. The Men in Blue were never in trouble throughout the contest after Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bowl first.

With the win, India sealed the series by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead. As the rubber moves to the third T20I in Hyderabad, the hosts will take heart from the fact that most of their players have turned in promising performances so far.

On that note, here are three players who starred and two who flopped in the second T20I between India and Bangladesh.

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#5 Star - Nitish Kumar Reddy

Playing just his second T20I, Nitish Kumar Reddy turned in a sensational display with both bat and ball to fire India to a series-defining win. He took his time to get going, but once he did, he was virtually unstoppable.

Nitish took apart the Bangladesh spinners, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Rishad Hossain in particular being destroyed over the leg-side boundary. He ensured that India didn't lose much momentum despite three wickets falling in the powerplay.

Nitish then took the new ball and bowled two overs, which didn't yield a wicket. But he returned later in the piece to pick up two scalps and put the exclamation point on the victory.

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#4 Flop - Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson was expected to cash in on friendly batting conditions at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. However, the slightly two-paced nature of the wicket brought about his downfall early in the powerplay as he attempted to loft one over the off-side.

Samson only succeeded in finding mid-off to perfection. Considering that it was the last ball of Taskin Ahmed's over, he could have exercised more caution and given himself more time to get used to the pace of the wicket.

Samson won't get opportunities like this very often, so he needs to make the most of them when he does.

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#3 Star - Hardik Pandya

Captaincy of the national team in the shortest format may have passed him by, but Hardik Pandya remains one of the team's most valuable players. He proved that once again at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday.

Coming into bat in a situation where he needed to get going right from the outset, something which he has found difficult at times in the recent past, Hardik struck a four and a six to immediately get off the blocks. He continued that momentum through his knock and ended up playing a valuable hand that took India well beyond the 200-run mark.

Hardik also chipped in on the field with a few catches, even though he wasn't required with the ball. India will be very encouraged to see the kind of performances the all-rounder has delivered in this series so far.

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#2 Flop - Suryakumar Yadav

Speaking of the T20I captaincy, the man who seems to have taken over from Hardik, Suryakumar Yadav, couldn't get going in the 2nd T20I against Bangladesh. Like Samson, he failed to get used to the pace of the wicket and fell victim to a slower ball that got stuck in the surface.

It wasn't a dismissal that has been characteristic of Suryakumar's batting over the years. Known to be a player who can play his shots on any kind of wicket, the No. 3 batter endured a rare failure.

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#1 Star - Rinku Singh

Whether No. 5 was the right spot for him remains up for debate, but Rinku Singh made the most of his opportunity to spend some time with the middle by striking a fluent half-century. Even though he needed to start off against spin, which isn't his strongest suit, the left-hander got some boundaries away and ensured that India didn't get stuck.

Rinku played some delectable shots on both sides of the wicket and gave Nitish Kumar Reddy some company in a rapid partnership that helped India out of the doldrums they entered in the powerplay. Performances like these will go a long way in him establishing himself as a fixture in the middle order.