Suryakumar Yadav's India handed Bangladesh a clean sweep with victory in the third and final T20 clash on Saturday. The Men in Blue also obliterated a host of records on their way to a comfortable 133-run victory in Hyderabad.
Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bat first in Hyderabad. Team India suffered an early setback when opener Abhishek Sharma continued his string of disappointing performances and was caught for 4. Sanju Samson, however, was in the mood for mistakes on Saturday as he set the tone early in his innings, smashing the fastest half-century by an Indian against Bangladesh in just 21 deliveries. Samson also had support at the other end from skipper Surya, who matched him shot for shot to finish on 75 from 35 deliveries.
Meanwhile, Samson continued to play attacking cricket and scored the first century by an Indian wicketkeeper-batsman. Samson's 111 (47), which included 11 boundaries and 8 sixes, was the highlight of the innings and set India on their way to their highest ever total.
After Samson's dismissal, the Indian middle order featuring Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya and Rinku Singh produced their attacking best to take the team to a total of 297 in their 20 overs.
Notably, this is the highest total by an ICC full member nation and is second only to Nepal's 313/3 against Mangolia in last year's Asia Cup. The Men in Blue also now hold the record for the most 200-plus totals in men's T20 cricket, taking over the record from Somerset.
Meanwhile, Mayank Yadav opened the bowling for India and took the wicket with the first delivery of the match, dismissing Parvez Hossain Emon with sheer pace. Tanzid Hasan and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto got the first wickets but failed to capitalize and were eventually dismissed by Washington Sundar and Ravi Bishnoi respectively.
Litton Das (42) and Towhid Hridoy (63) put on a counter-attacking partnership, but the duo never looked like getting anywhere near India's mammoth total.
