India and Bangladesh played out a humdinger of a T20I series involving three matches with the hosts coming out on top. We are now onto the format where India don't lose at home and Bangladesh would be well aware of this stupendous record the hosts carry.
Their last Test loss -and their only one at home under Virat Kohli - came in 2017 against Australia at Pune. With India atop the World Test Championship table, Bangladesh sorely need to compete to eke out some points at least. Currently India have 240 points and Bangladesh are only about to begin their Championship. A fair reflection of where this series is headed if you ignore Bangladesh's Test count.
Watch out for:
Rohit Sharma - "Don Bradman who?," asked Rohit Sharma in that exemplary home series against the Proteas when he slammed 529 runs in four innnings at an average of 132.25.
Two hundreds and a double hundred while opening the batting means that Rohit is a sure shot choice in not just fantasy teams, but also in the list of players likely to hog headlines this series. In 12 home Tests, Rohit has 1298 runs at an average of 99.84, better than Don Bradman himself. What's more? He scores a hundred every third innings in India according to stats.
West Indies plan T20I rejuvenation
West Indies won an ODI Series for the first time since 2014 when they beat Afghanistan at Lucknow in the first two games. This week we have the dead rubber at the very same venue before the teams tussle it out in three T20Is, all of it again at Lucknow where the bugs have hit headlines for coming out in large numbers to interrupt play. Despite Afghanistan's reputation as a T20 team, West Indies have won three of four T20Is between these sides.
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Evin Lewis - Lewis threatened to burst big in the ODI series but hasn't yet racked up that big score. In T20Is, though, he is a different beast and has a strike rate of 159.36 in the format in international cricket. In all T20s, he has four hundreds and 27 fifties and is a terrifying player at the top of the order. With no Gayle, Lewis will be a massive player for the West Indies this series.
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Feature image courtesy: AFP / Rohit Umrao
