IND vs BAN T20 Pitch Report: Advantage To Batters In Series Opener Or Will Bowlers Leave A Mark In Gwalior?

IND vs BAN 1st T20 Pitch Report: India are taking on Bangladesh in a three-match T20I series.

IND vs BAN T20 Pitch Report: View of the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium ahead of the first T20I match between India and Bangladesh, in Gwalior.

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IND vs BAN Pitch Report: India vs Bangladesh 1st T20I will be played in Gwalior's New Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium. This will be the first international match that will be played at this venue.

While international cricket returns to Gwalior for the first time in 14 years, matches used to be played at the Roop Singh Stadium back in the day. In the last international match that was played in the city, Sachin Tendulkar became the first international men's cricketer to score a double hundred.

Recently Madhya Pradesh Premier League matches were played in the new venue and if that is anything to go by, this will be a batters' paradise. There will be runs for the taking and value for shots in what is an open stadium.

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The average score in the Madhya Pradesh Premier League was 171. In one particular match, the team that batted first went on to score 278 runs, in response, the team that batted second scored 239 runs. The team that batted first at this venue won 8 out of the 12 games in new leagues lanched in the state this year which suggests that the captain that wins the toss might be tempted to bowl first on a flat track.

The straight boundaries are shoter in comparison to the square ones and the bowlers need to be careful with the way they strategise on this surface. Meanwhile, the captains also need to be careful regarding which bowlers they need to bring on from which end.

Probable XIs

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Nitish Reddy/Washington Sundar, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav

Pakistan: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (wicketkeeper), Nazmul Hossain Santo (captain), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam/Taskin Ahmed