Touring India avoided a clean sweep against Bangladesh in the three-match ODIs after Ishan Kishan hit the fastest one-day double hundred that aided them to seal a crashing 227-run victory over the hosts in the series concluder at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Saturday.
Ishan who finished with a towering 131-ball 210 alongside a swirling 113 off 91-ball from Virat Kohli, guided the visitors to manage a daunting 409-8, their highest against Bangladesh in the brief version of cricket.
In reply, with Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das making a 43-ball 50 and a 26-ball 29 respectively Bangladesh reached 182 runs before they were all-out.
Thus the visitors lessened the series difference by 2-1.
Shardul Thakur was the pick among the Indian bowlers scalping 3-26 while Axar Patel, Umran Malik claimed 2 each and Mohammed Siraj , Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar took one wicket each.
The 24-year-old opener, who was replaced as Rohit Sharma on the back of the latter’s thumb strain during the second ODI, hit his maiden hundred from 85 balls.
Aftermath he went big guns that helped him to script an unprecedented history of the fastest double in the one-day international off just 126 balls, with the help of 23 boundaries alongside nine Maximus to surpass Chris Gayle who earlier grasped the record from 138 balls.
However, the right hander was eventually finished with a whirlwind 133-ball 210 before he fell to Taskin Ahmed also shared a record 290-run stand in the second stand with Kohli which is the fourth highest in this format until today.
After securing the feat, the young opener joined the former India duo Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag alongside his running fellow team mate Rohit Sharma.
Now he is the third Indian batsman who scored a highest for the side after Rihit’s 264 and Sehwag’s 219 and also the youngest cricketer to reach the landmark on 24-year and 145 days, earlier that was clutched by his fellow teammate Rohit on 26 year and 186 days.
In the process, Ishan also exceeded Shane Watson’s highest 185 in the home soil of Bangladesh back in 2011 ICC World Cup.
Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain and Shakib Al Hasan took two wickets each while Mehidy Hasan Miraz bagged one.
Pursuing a mammoth 410, Bangladesh lost their top three batsmen Anamul Haque Bijoy, Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim for 73.
In the third wicket Yasir Ali Chowdhury and Shakib formed a 34-run stand before the latter was removed for a 30-ball 25.
Later, banking Shakib’s 43 and a 26-ball 33 in the tenth wicket stand between Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed who made a 17-ball 13 and unbeaten 17 off 16 balls helped the Tigers to surpass the hundred and fifty threshold.
