Twitter hails Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli as India hammer Bangladesh

India were back to winning ways on Saturday with a 227-run thrashing of Bangladesh in the third and final ODI at Chattogram, finishing with a consolation win before turning their attention to the two-Test series.

The Men in Blue suffered narrow defeats in Dhaka, by one wicket and five runs respectively, to surrender another one-day series in Bangladesh after losing 2-1 under MS Dhoni’s leadership in 2015. However, on Saturday, the Indian side lived up to its full potential as it dominated the hosts both with bat and ball to walk away with one of their biggest ever victories.

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Opener Ishan Kishan made the most of the opportunity he was given on the day after spending a lot of time on the sidelines in India’s recent assignments and smashed 210 to power the visitors to an impressive 409/8 after getting through the Bangladeshi captain Litton was invited to bat. Tie. Not only did he bring up his first international century, he also ended up breaking West Indian great Chris Gayle’s six-year-old record for the fastest double century in ODIs.

The Indian bowling department, guilty of letting the Bangla Tigers loose from dominant positions in the first two matches, were equally clinical as they struck at regular intervals to bowl out the hosts for 182. All-rounder Shardul Thakur was the pick. of the Indian bowlers with 3/30, while Axar Patel (2/22) and Umran Malik (2/43) took two wickets each.

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India’s performance, especially the fireworks produced by India and Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper-batsman Kishan, drew praise on social media, especially microblogging site Twitter. Here we look at some of the most interesting of those reactions:

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