Hyderabad witnessed an absolute carnage by Indian batters who thumped the visitors for 297 in the last T20I game. Hyderabad is famous for its flat decks, as was seen during the recent season of the Indian Premier League where seven out of twelve games hosted at the venue saw the teams scoring more than 200. However, what the Indian team did tonight at the venue, left all the previous records shattered. This is the second-highest total ever scored in a T20 International game, the highest if you only count full-member nations. India were 17 runs short of grabbing the highest-inning score overall in a T20I match from their neighbor, Nepal.
20 overs of powerplay
However, every ball of this inning had the crowd choosing between ducking for covers and trying to fathom what was happening. India were firing from the get-go. By the time Bangladesh had bowled ten overs, the hosts were already at 152 for the loss of only one wicket. They took just another three overs to breach the 200 mark. 232 runs from the 297 runs total they scored came off boundaries alone. In doing so, the men in blue cleared the boundary 47 times, the highest number of boundaries in a men’s T20I match, shooting past the previous 43 boundaries tally by the Czech Republic.
The Sanju Brilliance
No Indian team before this young side has put up a higher total on the board. All thanks to the fiery century by Sanju Samson, scoring which he broke a few records on his own. His 40-ball ton is the fourth-fastest century ever made in T20I by a full-member nation batter. It was also the second-fastest ton for an Indian batter, slower only than the beast Rohit Sharma, who took 35 balls doing the same. Interestingly, he is also the first and the only Indian wicket-keeper batter so far to have scored a T20I ton.
Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson shared a 70-ball-170 runs stand between each other, which is the third-highest for India in the shortest format of the game. The partnership was not only long, having lasted for more than half the innings, but also was, needless to say, incredibly quick.
Look away, Bangladesh
Samson forgot how to stop when he got going against Bangladesh. During the tenth over, which was bowled by Rishad Hossain, the Indian batter went on to hit five sixes. This over was no exception. Indian batters forced Bangladesh to bowl the most 10-plus runs overs ever bowled in the history of the shortest format of the game. Barring two overs by Mahedi Hasan, all of the remaining overs saw India score at least 10 runs.
After this video game-esque run galore, only a miracle could have saved Bangladesh from defeat. As it so happened, no miracle unfolded for Bangladesh, who had to endure a 133-run defeat and a 3-0 series loss. The 133-run margin is the third-highest India has defeated any team by. The 3-0 loss also means that Bangladesh will return home without any victory, having already lost the Test series by 2-0. The forgettable game for Bangladesh marks the end of the veteran all-rounder, Mahmudullah’s T20I career.
