IND vs BAN, 3rd T20I: Sanju Samson’s 111 & Suryakumar Yadav’s 75 lead India to series victory over Bangladesh. India clean sweep the series by 3-0 margin.
In what was a dead rubber game, hosts India took on Bangladesh in the final T20I game at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. The home team created slew of records and dominated the proceedings enroute to take the game by a massive margin of 133 runs.
Talking points: Sanju Samson’s return among runs is a huge positive
India, in the absence of regular openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, tried Sanju Samson at the top of the order in this series. Samson, a prolific IPL run getter has struggled at the international T20 level and didn’t have the best of starts, scoring 39 runs in two innings before this.
But in what would have been his final opportunity, the right-hander finally came good with a scintillating century. With this sublime knock, he proved his critics wrong and threw his hat for the vacant opening slot in T20Is.
Runs and records: Sanju Samson & Suryakumar Yadav show
After winning the toss, Suryakumar Yadav chose to bat first on a belter of a batting surface in Hyderabad. The move paid off for the hosts. Despite losing Abhishek Sharma early, they managed to cross 50 runs well within the fifth over and accumulated their joint highest powerplay score of 82.
Runs continued to flow from the bat of Suryakumar and Sanju Samson as India reached 100 runs in just 43 balls and 150 in mere 10 overs. In between all these, Samson brought up his maiden T20I ton in just 40 balls with the help of eight maximums (including five in the same over off Rishad Hossain) and the India skipper got his 21st T20I half-century.
Their 173-run stand along with fast-paced cameos from Hardik Pandya (47) and Riyan Parag (34) propelled India’s total to a massive 297.
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Bishnoi and other bowlers power India to sensational win
In what would be a record-breaking chase, Bangladesh lost their opener Parvez Hossain on the first ball, thanks to a snorter from Mayank Yadav. They went hard at the powerplays, scoring 59/3 and brought up their 100 in the 11th over, courtesy of Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy.
Though Bangladesh produced their best batting effort on the tour, India bowlers led by Bishnoi chipped away with wickets. Hridoy was the lone bright spot for Bangladesh in this game as he made a well-compiled half-century, third of his career.
Statistical Highlights from Ind vs BAN, 3rd T20I
- India scored 82-1 in powerplay (overs 1-6). This is their highest PP score in T20Is against Bangladesh.
- Suryakumar Yadav became just the third India batter (after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma) to cross 2500 runs in T20I cricket.
- In another significant milestone, Sanju Samson crossed 500-run mark in T20Is, 20th batter from India to do so.
- Sanju Samson now has the fastest T20I fifty for India against Bangladesh. It came off just 22 balls.
- India got to 100 in 7.1 overs today and this is their fastest in T20Is.
- India reached 152 runs at the end of 10 overs, and this is their highest 10 overs score in T20Is.
- 111 by Sanju Samson is his highest score as opener in T20Is, besides being his career best.
- Sanju Samson’s 40-ball hundred is the second-fastest in T20Is for India. Fastest is Rohit Sharma’s 35-ball ton against SL in Indore in 2017.
- The second wicket partnership of 173 between Samson & Surya is the third-highest stand for any wicket for India in T20Is.
- This is India’s highest T20I team score. Also, the second highest in T20Is.
- Tanzim Hasan (66) conceded the most runs conceded in an innings for Bangladesh in T20Is.
- Litton Das became just the third Bangladeshi batter to cross 2000 run mark in T20Is.
- Spinner Ravi Bishnoi picked up his 50th wicket in this format for India and he became 10th bowler to do so for the country. He is also the joint second fastest (33 games) India bowler to reach the milestone.
What’s Next?
India’s next T20I assignment will be in Durban on 8 November 2024, when they tour South Africa for a 4-match T20I series.
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