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Bangladesh came to India with their confidence sky-high having won a historic Test series in Pakistan. But they'll probably go back home demoralised. Barring the opening session of the first Test, they hardly competed in any of the matches in this tour. India, on the other hand, ticked a lot of boxes in this T20I series. The young and relatively inexperienced side played an aggressive brand of cricket to bully Bangladesh in all the matches. Curtains down on this series. India's next assignment is a three-match home Test series against New Zealand commencing from October October 16th. Bangladesh, meanwhile, will be hosting South Africa for two Tests beginning on October 21st. Plenty of cricket coming up and we'll bring you all the action. For now, it's goodbye.
SKY collects the trophy and hands it over to the youngsters who made their debut in this series - Nitish Kumar and Mayank Yadav. They lift the trophy and the confetti goes off. The support staff join the players as they pose for the photographs along with the WINNERS hoarding.
Suryakumar Yadav: We achieved a lot as a team. I want to have selfless cricketers. We want to enjoy each others' success. We are having some fun. No one is bigger than the team. We have to be very flexible. Everyone has to chip in. The way they showed it in this series, it has been commendable. Just maintain the good habits and be the same.
Hardik Pandya | Player of the Series: The kind of freedom the skipper and the coach has given, it has been fantastic. This sport, if you can enjoy that's the way you can maximise. Body has been fantastic, God has been kind to help me out. The process continues. (His best shot today) Over the covers when I just chipped it.
Sanju Samson | Player of the Match: The dressing room energy and the boys are happy for me. It can get frustrating, I could have done much better. With lots of experience, I know how to deal with the pressure. Playing for the country, you come in with a lot of pressure. That pressure was there, I wanted to perform. I kept reminding myself that I should stick to my basics. In the last series I got two ducks. The team management backed me. I have been trying to do something like this (five sixes in an over), I was chasing that and it happened today.
Najmul Hossain Shanto: We didn't play our best cricket. We didn't execute our plans as a batting unit in all the three matches. Today all the bowlers didn't bowl well. We should believe in ourselves that we can compete. (Positives) The way Hridoy batted today was impressive. The top-order batsmen have to improve a lot.
Stats by Roshan Gede Highest victory margins for India in T20Is 168 runs vs NZ, Ahmedabad, 2023 143 runs vs IRE, Dublin, 2018 133 runs vs BAN, Hyderabad, 2024 106 runs vs SA, Johannesburg, 2023 101 runs vs AFG, Dubai, 2022 100 runs vs ZIM, Harare, 2024 Most T20I wins in a calendar year 29 - Uganda (2023) 28 - India (2022) 21 - Tanzania (2022) 21* - India (2024) 20 - Pakistan (2021) *including Super Over wins - India's win% of 95.45 in 2024 is the best ever for a team to have played at least 12 T20Is in a calendar year. Highest match-aggregates in T20Is in India 472 - AFG vs IRE, Dehradun, 2019 461 - IND vs BAN, Hyderabad, 2024 459 - ENG vs SA, Mumbai WS, 2016 458 - IND vs SA, Guwahati, 2022 447 - IND vs AUS, Guwahati, 2023 Teams scoring 200-plus most often in Men’s T20 cricket 37 - India 36 - Somerset 35 - CSK 33 - RCB 31 - Yorkshire - The next most by a Men’s international team is 23 by Australia. Most 200-plus totals in a calendar year in T20Is 7 - India in 2023 7 - Japan in 2024 6 - England in 2022 6 - South Africa in 2022 6 - India in 2024 Highest boundary count in a Men’s T20I 81 - South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion, 2023 71 - Bulgaria v Serbia, Sofia, 2022 70 - India vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad, 2024 69 - Bulgaria v Serbia at Sofia, 2022 68 - South Africa vs West Indies, Johannesburg, 2015
Ravi Bishnoi: Feeling great with this (50 T20I wickets) small milestone. Is good pressure when you have a healthy competition in the team. I wanted to make the most of this opportunity. It feels good to see the game from the outside as well. You need to work on yourself and work on things accordingly. I had a break for a few days, so I tried to make the most of it.
22:42 Local Time, 17:12 GMT, 22:42 IST: The fireworks go off in Hyderabad after this demolition job from the hosts. A complete mismatch! Everything went right for the home team. India won the toss, batted first again and posted their highest T20I total - a mammoth 297. Sanju Samson wasted little time to get going and blasted a scintillating century. SKY played a brilliant knock as well but his knock of 75(35) was completely eclipsed by Samson's and that tells you how classy that knock was from the Indian opener. Hardik and Parag continued to hit sixes for fun as India got close to 300 in their quota of 20 overs. In reply, Bangladesh lost Emon off the very first ball. Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy batted well. The former struck five successive fours off Nitish and the latter notched up a fifty. They forged a fifty stand for the half-century stand for the fourth wicket but the result was a foregone conclusion.
19.6
Nitish Reddy to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 1 run, pace off, full and outside off, Sakib jams it to long-on. India whitewash Bangladesh with this 133-run win
19.5
Nitish Reddy to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, low full toss, Hridoy miscues the loft as it comes off the toe-end of the bat. Parag charges in from long-on and dives forward. Not sure if it carried. Excellent effort though and even Nitish applauds
19.4
Nitish Reddy to Towhid Hridoy, no run, 112.7kph, off-cutter, Hridoy shapes to club it over midwicket, misses and gets hit on the body
19.3
Nitish Reddy to Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 1 run, 131.1kph, pitched up, drilled to long-on
19.2
Nitish Reddy to Towhid Hridoy, 1 run, cutter into the deck, pulled to deep midwicket and the batters decide against the second