Twitter Reactions: India register highest team total in T20Is among full-member nations

The auspicious occasion of Dussehra brought about early fireworks ahead of the end-of-month festival of lights, Diwali, as India blazed their way to a mammoth 297 in the third and final T20I against Bangladesh. The match in Hyderabad was a dead-rubber only in theory, as it didn't seem one bit with the way India approached the first innings after opting to bat first.

Taskin Ahmed was stroked away for four fours on the trot in the second over of the game, perfectly setting the tone for what was to follow. Abhishek Sharma getting dismissed on the first delivery of the third over made no difference as Suryakumar Yadav joined the party to start his innings off with a six and a four in his first four overs. An 18-run sixth over witnessed India race to 82 at the end of the powerplay. 

A 22-delivery fifty was brought up by Sanju Samson with a flurry of boundaries. However, the real damage was done to Bangladesh, and in particular, Rishad Hossain, in his second and the innings' 10th over when Samson launched him for five colossal maximums to race away to 92 in no time. The very next over witnessed Surya bring up his half-century as Sanju brought up his maiden T20I ton off 40 deliveries with a lovely drill down the ground, the second quickest by an Indian.

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A couple of quick wickets did not deter the Men in Blue to the minimum, as they charged through in excess of 250 courtesy of exuberant fireworks from Hardik Pandya and Riyan Parag. The Bangladeshi bowlers looked clueless with nothing going their way. No-balls, misfielding, dropped catches; it seemed an unrelenting agony for the visitors. That was when the hosts might have targetted to fully give it their all to go past the 300-run mark, but it was not to be. They fell three short at the end. Regardless, they broke a lot of records on the way.

India's highest T20I totals:

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