Young Indian opener and batting maestro Virat Kohli led the Indian cricket team to a colossal 227-run win against Bangladesh in the third and final ODI match of the series in Chattogram. Ishan Kishan displayed some terrific power-hitting as he registered a double century and became the fastest cricketer to reach the milestone.
Kishan played a blistering knock of 210 runs ff 131 delivering at an incredible strike rate of 160.30. His powerful knock was studded with 24 fours and 10 maximums. Besides Ishan, Virat Kohli also played a wonderful knock and registered a century under his name. En route to Ishan Kishan’s knock, former England captain Michael Vaughan took a sly dig at the Indian cricket team and their batting approach in ODIs.
For the unversed, after India’s embarrassing exit from the T20 World Cup 2022 after losing to England in the semis, Vaughan had criticized India’s conservative batting approach in white-ball format. Calling India one of the most under-performing white-ball teams in history, Vaughan had said:
“Since winning 50 over World Cup what have they done? Nothing. India are playing a white-ball game that is dated and have done for years. India are the most under-performing white-ball team in history. Every player in the world who goes to the Indian Premier League says how it improves their game but what have India ever delivered?β Vaughan had written in his column for The Telegraph.
Meanwhile, impressed with Ishan Kishan’s heroics with the bat against Bangladesh on Saturday, Vaughan took to his social media and took a dig at team India. He wrote:
“This is the way to play one day cricket in this era India πππ #BANvIND”
Check out the tweet:
This is the way to play one day cricket in this era India πππ #BANvIND
β Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 10, 2022
After the match, during the post-match presentation, the stand-in captain KL Rahul also showered praises on Ishan Kishan and Virat Kohli for their terrific performance in the game. He said:
“This was expected from our team. Virat and Kishan set it up for us. The scores don’t suggest that the way he started off. He grabbed the opportunity with both hands. He batted brilliantly. Virat also used his experience and guided him. You know that the batters will come hard and you will get wickets. There was not much help. We took some brave chances. Very happy with our performance. We are learning as a team. Still try to get better,”
