What is the record of Team India players in the new stadium?Image Credit source: PTI
The Indian team started the T20 series against South Africa with a big win. In this match played in Cuttack, the Indian team captained by Suryakumar Yadav won the match by 101 runs, defeating South Africa for just 74 runs. Now the second match of the series is to be played on Thursday 11th December, which will be a very special occasion in itself because men’s international cricket is going to be played for the first time in this new stadium of New Chandigarh.
India’s first match in the new stadium
In the Maharaja Yadvindra Singh International Cricket Stadium built in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. India and South Africa The second match of the T20 series will be played between. This new stadium was inaugurated only last year but till now the Indian men’s team has not played any match in it. So far only 2 ODI matches have been played between India and Australia women’s teams in this stadium. In such a situation, this match is not going to be easy for both the teams.
But it is not that Indian players do not have experience of playing on this ground. International cricket may not have taken place, but many matches have been played in Mullanpur Stadium in two consecutive seasons of IPL, in which star players like Arshdeep Singh, Shubhman Gill, Hardik Pandya and Shubhman Gill have participated, who will be seen playing in this match as well. In such a situation, they have some experience of playing here but it is important to know which of them has performed well on this ground.
From Abhishek to Arshdeep, whose performance was like?
Talking about Abhishek, he played only one match of IPL here and in that he could score only 16 runs. At the same time, this ground has not been special for Shubman Gill and he has been able to score only 36 runs in 2 innings. But captain Suryakumar Yadav, who is struggling with poor form, has batted brilliantly here. In 2 innings on this ground, Surya has scored a whopping 111 runs in 73 balls. Tilak Verma has also scored 59 runs in 29 balls in 2 innings. Hardik Pandya also gave away 22 runs in 9 balls in one innings.
Talking about bowling, Arshdeep Singh has played many matches on this ground but his performance has been full of ups and downs. The left arm fast bowler has played a total of 10 matches at the Maharaja Yadvindra Singh Stadium and has taken only 11 wickets. During this period, on some occasions he has been beaten badly and in some matches, he has proved to be economical as well as sharp.
Will you drop Harshit again?
Apart from him, Jasprit Bumrah has bowled excellently and taken 4 wickets in 2 matches. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty have also played one match each on this ground, in which Harshit took 3 wickets and Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets. Of the players mentioned so far, all except Harshit were part of the playing-11 of the first T20 match. In such a situation, now eyes will be on whether Harshit is selected for the second match or not?