Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer Assisted India in Breaking Their 15-Year-Old T20I Record.
India thrashed the visiting West Indies team 3-0 in the T20I series, led by Rohit Sharma. The Indian team won the final match at Eden Gardens by 17 runs after securing two spectacular victories. When asked to bat first, a relatively young India team displayed. Great composure and maturity in the face of a spirited touring bowling attack.
Despite losing Ruturaj Gaikwad early in the innings, India strung together critical partnerships to post 184/5 in 20 overs. In the course of this effort, Team India also set a new high for themselves in T20Is. Thanks to a brilliant batting effort in the death overs from Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer.
India were 98/4 after 15 overs, with Suryakumar and Iyer at the crease. However, both batters went berserk, slamming 86 runs off the final 30 balls to set a new record. The most runs scored by an Indian team in the final five overs of a T20I.
India surpassed their previous best of 80 runs against England in the final five overs of their innings at the inaugural T20 World Cup in Durban in 2007.
In addition to the top two, India has scored 77, 75, and 74 runs in the final five overs of a T20I game.
The duo’s herculean effort provided a perfect cushion for the bowlers to fall back on as they easily defended the target.
Harshal Patel took three wickets, while Deepak Chahar, Venkatesh Iyer, and Shardul Thakur each took two wickets to help India win the game and complete a 3-0 series sweep.
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