Mahmudullah's fading farewell, Bangladesh is a big loser

Mahmudullah Riad wanted such a farewell! In the farewell T20, his teammates could not fight with the opponent. Bangladesh lost the third and last match to India by a huge margin of 133 runs.

With this, Bangladesh is whitewashed by a margin of 3-0 in the three-match T20 series. Earlier, they lost the two-Test series against India by 2-0.

Bangladesh's target was almost impossible, 298 runs. In response, the Tigers could not score more than 164 runs for 7 wickets.

Mahmudullah played 9 balls and scored only 8 runs in one boundary in the farewell match. Earlier he took a wicket with 26 runs in 2 overs.

Liton Das scored 42 runs off 25 balls. Tawhid Hriday remained unbeaten on 63 runs off 42 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. None of the others could benefit. The three top order batsmen Parvez Hossain Imon scored 0 from 1 ball, Tanjid Tamim scored 15 from 12 balls and captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored only 14 runs from 11 balls.

Earlier, India set a record collection of four-sixes (22 sixes, 25 fours) in the rain at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. They scored 297 runs for 6 wickets. Which is the highest team collection of Test players of any country.

Afghanistan held the record for the highest number of teams collected by a full member of the ICC in T20I. Afghanistan scored 278 for 3 against Ireland in Dehradun in 2019.

And Nepal holds the world record for the highest team collection in T20 history. They scored 314 for 3 against Mongolia in Hangzhou in 2023.

In Mahmudullah's farewell T20 in Hyderabad, Bangladesh lost the toss and got fielding. Nazmul Hossain Shanto opened the bowling with offspinner Sheikh Mehdi. Mehdi gave 7 runs in the first over.

However, in the next over, Taskin Ahmed distributed runs generously. Sanju Samson hit him for four consecutive boundaries.

In the third over, Tanjim Hasan Shakib came and picked up Abhishek Sharma. The Indian opener (4 balls 4) was caught by Sheikh Mehdi at midwicket while pulling.

But then Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav continued to play. Samson scored a fifty off 22 balls. India scored 82 runs for 1 wicket in 6 overs of power play. Then Suryakumar scored a fifty off 23 balls.

Samson and Surya formed a tornado pair and cornered Bangladesh. Nightmare has come for Rishad Hossain. His first ball was dot in the tenth over of the innings. After that, Sanju Samson hit five consecutive sixes.

Samson scored a century in 40 balls. Finally, Mustafizur Rahman broke their 70-ball 173-run partnership in the 14th over of the innings.

Samson caught on the boundary. This right-handed batsman played an innings of 111 runs in 47 balls with 11 fours and 8 sixes. This is his first century in T20 and career best innings.

India crossed 200 in the 14th over. This is the second fastest double hundred by any team in T20 history. South Africa is number one. South Africa made two hundred in 13.5 overs against West Indies in Centurion last year.

In the next over, Mahmudullah sent Surya back. The Indian captain hit 7 boundaries and 5 sixes in an innings of 75 runs off 35 balls.

In the end, Ryan Parag scored 34 off 13 balls and Hardik Pandya played an innings of 47 runs off 18 balls.

Tanjim Hasan Shakib took the most wickets for Bangladesh in this match. 3 wickets for 66 runs.

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