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Ishan Kishan entered the record books by scoring the fastest double-hundred in the history of Men’s ODI cricket while Virat Kohli registered his 72nd international hundred to drive India to a mammoth 227-run victory in a record-breaking third and final ODI against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chattogram on Saturday.
With India aiming for a consolation win after losing the ODI series to Bangladesh, Kishan joined the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma in the list of Indian batters to reach the 200-mark in men’s ODIs. Overall, he became the seventh batter in international cricket to hit a double ton in ODIS. By getting his double-century in 126 balls, the 24-year-old also became the youngest batter to score a double-hundred in the format.
After getting out for 210 off 131 balls with twenty-four fours and ten sixes, Kishan made many records against his name. His 210 (131) is the highest individual score by a batter in men’s ODIs in Bangladesh, as well as the highest score by an Indian batter outside of their home. His 210 is also the third-highest individual score by an Indian men’s batter in this format after Rohit Sharma’s 264 and Virender Sehwag’s 219.
After being pushed into batting first, despite losing his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan early, Kishan stitched a sizzling 290-run stand with Kohli, who made 113 off 91 balls with eleven fours and two sixes, as India made 409/8 in 50 overs. In reply, Bangladesh were bundled out for 182 in 34 overs, giving India a big consolation victory in a dead rubber as the hosts won the series 2-1.
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— ICC (@ICC) December 10, 2022
The crowd at Chattogram was entertained by a brilliant knock from Kishan where he played all the shots in the batting manual. He scored fours and sixes in every part of the ground and no part was left untouched by his brilliance and no bowler could escape his dominating yet eye-catchy shots.
There were many incredible shots hit by Kishan in his twenty-four fours and ten sixes, which displayed his mixed confidence and fearlessness. He toyed with the Bangladesh bowling attack, leaving them clueless. When bowlers gave width or pitched on the fourth stump, he was quick to smash them through the off-side. He was equally quick to hit the pull-shot off the backfoot or a pull-shot off on one leg when bowlers dropped their length and bowled short.
He scored all of his ten sixes from wide long-on to long-leg which is also his strength area. Even when he didn’t get his timing right, he still continued to attack and managed to clear the fielders for boundaries. While facing spinners, Kishan would go down and sweep with confidence, one of which got him his century in 85 balls.
After reaching the three-figure mark, the frequency of pulls slogs, and slog-sweeps became very frequent as Kishan toyed with the Bangladesh bowling attack to reach 150 in just 18 balls post reaching his century.
He brought out more shots to get a double-hundred in another 23 deliveries, which is now etched in the memory of Indian fans forever. He would hit another four and six, before falling to Taskin Ahmed as Litton Das took a good running catch at long-off in the 36th over.
On the other hand, Kohli had his luck on his side when Bangladesh skipper Litton Das dropped a simple catch off a lazy flick at short mid-wicket, giving him a lifeline when he was just at the score of 1. Initially, Kohli looked a little scratchy but as the innings progressed, he grew in confidence and made the most out of a bowling attack rattled by Kishan’s dominance.
After Kohli reached his fifty in just 54 balls, his drives on the up became fluent, the pull started to be a regular feature. In his knock where he hit eleven fours and two sixes, his lofted inside-out shot over extra cover off Ahmed was the pick of the lot. After Kishan fell, Kohli brought out another fabulous shot by making a big stride forward and driving superbly through extra cover off Ebadot Hossain.
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— ICC (@ICC) December 11, 2022
He got his 44th ODI hundred and the first in almost three years with a subtle flick off the hips over the fine-leg fence by picking the pace from Ebadot. With his 44th century, Kohli has now gone past Ricky Ponting to be in the second spot for most centuries in international cricket.
Though he holed out to long-off fielder off Shakib Al Hasan, India still managed to get over 400 thanks to some lusty hits from Washington Sundar and Axar Patel.
In reply, chasing 410 was always going to be difficult for Bangladesh. Left-arm spinner Axar Patel broke the 33-run opening stand on the first ball of the fifth over when Anamul Haque holed out to long-off. Just three overs later, Litton Das hit straight to the mid-off fielder off Mohammed Siraj.
Axar got his second wicket when Mushfiqur Rahim got bowled while playing a sweep. Eight overs later, Yasir Ali was trapped lbw by Umran Malik in a successful review by India. Shakib was accumulating runs in a steady flow but got out after scoring 43 off 50 balls with four fours as he chopped onto his stumps off Kuldeep Yadav.
Mahmudullah was trapped lbw by off-spinner Washington Sundar and burnt a review while Mehidy Hasan Miraz didn’t produce any heroics with the bat. The result was all but a foregone conclusion as India registered a crushing 227-run victory in the third ODI with Bangladesh winning the ODI series 2-1.
Ishan Kishan was awarded Player of the Match for his record-breaking 210 off 131 balls.
The two sides now move on to a two-Test series, which starts in Chittagong on Wednesday, December 14.
Brief Scores: India 409/8 in 50 overs (Ishan Kishan 210, Virat Kohli 113; Shakib Al Hasan 2-68, Ebadot Hossain 2-80) beat Bangladesh 182 all out in 34 overs (Shakib Al Hasan 43, Litton Das 29; Shardul Thakur 3-30, Axar Patel 2-22) by 227 runs
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