Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second T20I against India in Delhi, aiming to bounce back in the series after the defeat in the first match.
Bangladesh made one change in the playing XI, bringing in right-arm pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib, replacing Shoriful Islam. India opted for an unchanged playing XI that won the first match.
The pitch of this match is hard and might result in big scores, as was consistently seen in the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.
In that sense, it’s not clear if the Bangladesh team's decision to bowl first was a good call, as they have a habit of failing to read the pitch correctly.
According to stats, the team batting first won the matches at this venue on the last five occasions.
Before this match, Bangladesh had won only one T20I against India, and that was in Delhi, the only inspiration that Bangladesh could get from their T20I history against India.
Bangladesh XI: Litton Das (wk), Parvez Hossain Emon, Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmadullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh.
