The ‘Men-in-Blue’ are desperate for a win in the third ODI against Bangladesh being played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. Bangladesh captain Litton Das won the toss and elected to bowl first as Indian openers Ishan Kishan and Shikhar Dhawan walked out to the middle to give a solid start to their team.
Both Kishan and Dhawan were cautious at the start and paid respect to some tight bowling by Bangladesh seamers. However, Dhawan looked to be completely struggling as he failed to find the middle of the bat. His struggle was finally ended by Mehidy Hasan Miraz who trapped him in front of the stumps.
After losing his partner, Kishan continued to bat with a positive approach. After taking his time early on, the left-hander smashed consecutive boundaries against Mustafizur Rehman in the third over to get his innings going. He began nudging the ball around for singles and built a solid 50-run stand with Virat Kohli for the second wicket.
The 24-year-old took down Ebadot Hossain by clobbering three fours and a six in the 12th over and reached his half-century in 49 balls. Kishan continued his good innings and kept finding occasional boundaries as Virat Kohli played second fiddle to him.
After crossing the 60-run mark, the southpaw unleashed his beast mode on Bangladesh and began plundering boundaries in every over. Kishan finally reached his maiden ODI hundred off just 85 balls as he swept Afif Hossain for a four over deep backward square leg.
The Bihar-born batter quickly shifted gears upon reaching his hundred and launched an all-out attack on Bangladesh. Virat Kohli at the other end also brought up his fifty as the duo put on a 200-run stand for the second wicket.
Kishan further ripped apart the leading wicket-taker of the series, Shakib-al-Hasan and clobbered 20 runs in the 27th over by smashing two fours and a six. The swashbuckling batter brought up his 150 off just 103 balls and had his eyes set on a double hundred.
The young sensation reached the coveted landmark in the 35th over of the innings off just 126 balls and became the fourth Indian and 8th overall player to record an ODI double hundred. He also broke the record for the fastest double hundred in ODIs previously held by Chris Gayle.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Ishan Kishan’s magnificent innings:
Ishan kishan impersonating both Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant today. #BANvsIND #ishankishan #CricketTwitter
— abhinav singh (@abhinav4955) December 10, 2022
Can #ishankishan go beyond #RohitSharma ? (264) #INDvsBAN #SonySportsNetwork #SonyLIV #Cricket #CricketTwitter #cricbuzz #BANvIND @SonyLIV
— HI®€?™ (@hirenvithalani) December 10, 2022
Is there Yuvraj Singh is on strike?
184(116)#INDvsBAN @YUVSTRONG12 @ishankishan51— Smit Nayak (@SmitNayak18) December 10, 2022
Ishan Kishan ko kisne bola last match T20 hai? ?? #ishankishan #INDvsBAN
— joy ? (@OyeSunJoy) December 10, 2022
Ishan kishan? another MI blood???? hoping for his 200 what a special moment that would be???
— Koyal? (@Koyal2019) December 10, 2022
Looks like Ishan Kishan is playing book cricket.
— Tejas Baldev (@tejasbaldev) December 10, 2022
Ishan kishan's every single four or six today might be making Pant shiver in his hotel room today!?#ishankishan #BANvIND
— Harsh (@cricketharshh) December 10, 2022
Indian white ball cricket is so rotten that you may find Ishan Kishan sitting on the bench in the next ODI.#INDvBAN#ishankishan
— ???????? (@amitsteinkp) December 10, 2022
Learn from Ishan Kishan how to grab an opportunity ?? #INDvsBAN #ishankishan
— Singh (@AnilabhS) December 10, 2022
Ishan Kishan with his innings have put a dent on position of two people. Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul, it's time we move on from them than bring other batting talents.#ishankishan #kohli #INDvsBAN #century
— Gautam Batra (@batrajiiii) December 10, 2022
What did Ishan Kishan have for breakfast today?? #IndiavsBangladesh
— NdP (@Nair_OnFire) December 10, 2022
Mocking !!! Absolutely mocking the Bangladesh Bowlers ? .#ishankishan#ViratKohli?
— Vivek Pathak (@_Vivekpathak) December 10, 2022
