Hyderabad:The third T20I of the bilateral series between India and Bangladesh in Hyderabad saw a run-fest on display as the Indian batters smacked boundaries every now and then. They posted the second-highest T20I total of 297/6 and are placed only behind the highest score of 314/3 for Nepal vs Mongolia.
The Indian batters started going gung-ho from the very first delivery and it resulted in a mammoth total. Sanju Samson scored a blistering hundred while Suryakumar Yadav amassed a half-century at a brisk pace. Riyan Parag and Hardik Pandy also played cameos at the back end to help the team pile up a huge total.
Courtesy of an aggressive start from the Indian openers, the team registered its highest powerplay score of 82/1 in T20Is. The previous best was 82/2 against Scotland in Dubai. Also, Samson scored the second-fastest T20I hundred by an Indian after Rohit Sharma reached the milestone in 40 deliveries. Rohit Sharma scored a T20I century against Sri Lanka in Indore in 35 balls seven years back. Also, it was the highest boundary count (47) in a T20I innings and they surpassed the previous record of the Czech Republic who scored 43 boundaries against Turkey in 2019.