Samson, Surya fires India to massive win in 3rd T20I vs Bangladesh

 


India continued their complete domination over Bangladesh in the T20I series . After effortlessly winning the 1st 2 T20Is , India completed the whitewash by beating a helpless Bangladesh team at Hyderabad by a crushing margin of 133 runs to win the series 3-0 .


Batting first , India lost Abhishek Sharma (6) cheaply to a pull shot off a short ball but after that it was a Sanju Samson show .


Joined by his captain Surya Kumar Yadav , Sanju Samson launched a fierce assault on the Bangladesh bowling attack by displaying his wide range of shots. It was imperious batting at its best as Samson simply destroyed the bowling with breathtaking strokeplay .  The cuts , the cover drives ,off drives , pulls, flicks,  straight down the ground lofted shots vs pace or spin , Samson displayed his full range as the runs simply flowed . Surya too got into the act unleashing his typically blistering shots  as India looked like breaching 300 for the first time in T20Is .


Samson completed  his maiden international 100  & also his 1st T20I hundred and finally got out for 111 off just 47 balls with 11 fours and 8 massive well timed 6s . Samson hit 5 sixes in a over . It was absolute box office stuff and a joy to watch Samson at his best . 


Surya Kumar Yadav had an electrifying 173 run stand with Samson as both matched each other stroke for stroke . Finally Surya was out for  75 off 35 balls (8 fours , 5 sixes)  but there was no respite for Bangladesh as Riyan Parag (34) & Hardik Pandya (47) both scored at 261 strike rate and hit 4 sixes apiece . Finally India fell just 3 short of 300 ,having finished at 297/6 . Tanzim took 3 wickets for Bangladesh. 


Chasing the mammoth target , it was evident that the target will be beyond Bangladesh's reach and so it was proved . Their batters lost wickets in a rush trying to chase down 297 . There were flashes of brilliance from Litton Das (42) and Towrid Hridoy (63) as both scored at 150 plus strike rate but it was well short of the requirements . The other batters could not get the bigger scores  and hence at the end Bangladesh finished at 164/7 to lose by 133 runs . For India Bishnoi (3 wickets) & Mayank (2 wickets) were the most successful bowlers . 


Sanju Samson was the  player of the match and Hardik Pandya was the man of the series .

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