The challenge of 'new' Delhi in front of Bangladesh
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Bangladesh-India second T20 match BCCI will be held in this field today
Even a couple of years ago, Arun Jaitley Stadium was compared to Mirpur Shere Bangla Stadium. One field in Dhaka, another in Delhi. The similarity was in the character of the wicket—slow pace and low bounce. In 2019, Bangladesh defeated India in a T20 match at this ground in Delhi. Srinivas Chandrasekaran was then the computer analyst of the Bangladesh team. Son of Hyderabad but lives in Mumbai.
Srini has memorized all the field data in India as he works for the IPL team Lucknow Supergiants. Kal reminded him of that match four years ago and jokingly said, 'Delhi was just like Mirpur then.' Then he told about the wicket of New Delhi, 'now the wicket of Delhi is completely different.
- Pace, bounce, and batting - heaven.'
The record of the last match in this field matches Srini's words. In that T20 match in 2022, India could not win against South Africa even after scoring 211 for 4. The IPL record is almost the same. 5 matches in the 2024 IPL have been held here. 200+ in 8 out of 10 innings, 199 in one of the other two. Whereas in the previous two seasons, 200 has been reached only twice.
In this field, Sunrisers Hyderabad's two openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head scored 125 runs in the power play (first 6 overs) against Delhi Capitals. When Arun Jaitley comes to the stadium, some people still talk about the incredible batting of that day. Abhishek is now the opener of the Indian team.
Although there are happy memories of the past, Bangladesh is not at ease today before the match to save the series. The sky-deep difference between India and Bangladesh in terms of good batting wickets. The storm of four-sixes that will arise in this stadium of small boundaries was also predictable from India's net session yesterday.
Although there are happy memories of the past, Bangladesh is not at ease today before the match to save the series. The sky-deep difference between India and Bangladesh in terms of good batting wickets. The storm of four-sixes that will arise in this stadium of small boundaries was also predictable from India's net session yesterday.
No bowler should like the atmosphere of batting in such a market. India's Arshdeep Singh is no exception. As yesterday, Arshdeep's 'mood' changed after hearing the latest IPL record at the Delhi ground. He was not supposed to come to the field tomorrow as there was an optional practice. However, he left the hotel to take part in a small ceremony on the side of the field. India's media manager also brought Arshdeep to the press conference on that occasion.
Meanwhile, when he was reminded about the riotous batting in the IPL, he replied, "We did not have any matches in this field in this IPL." But I don't want to see any more wickets after hearing that kind of run here. I will come tomorrow, I will listen to the plan that the coaches will give. I will try to adapt.' Later he added with a smile, 'You scared me. I didn't want to think about the match today. Today was my holiday.
In the press conference of Mahmudullah, who became the representative of the Bangladesh team, his retirement from T20 was announced. But the topic of the match will come up little by little, as Mahmudullah forgot about the Gwalior match and said about the new beginning, 'I will say one thing as a bowling unit, the bowling unit we have—pace and spin—they have been doing very well for the last few years. I think we lost very badly in the last match, the batting was not very good, and the bowling was not very good either. But we don't need to think about that now. We have to look ahead.
Mahmudullah in practice. BCB in Delhi yesterday
Looking ahead means today's second match. A must-win to stay in the series. Even if it is for Mahmudullah to announce his retirement, the Bangladesh team wants to do something special in the series. If that 'something special' happens on the New Delhi wicket, then there is no question.
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