IND vs BAN 3rd T20
India vs Bangladesh T20 Series: The Indian team made a 3-0 clean sweep in the T20 series against Bangladesh. The batsmen for the Indian team performed in such a way that the bowlers of the opposing team were left with a tough time. Indian batsmen made a mountain-like score of 297 runs and all the players came on the field and scored runs. While Sanju Samson scored a stormy century, captain Suryakumar Yadav also did not lag behind and scored a strong half-century. Hardik Pandya scored 47 runs in just 18 balls. Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah’s T20 International career has ended after the third T20 match, as he had announced his retirement even before the third match.
Had already announced retirement
Bangladesh’s star player Mahmudullah had said that yes he is retiring from T20 after the last match of the series. This was already decided. He said that he feels that this is the right time to bid farewell to this format and focus on ODI cricket. Looking at the next World Cup, this is the right time for him and the team as well.
Mahmudullah will keep playing in ODI format
Mahmudullah had taken retirement from Test from the year 2021 itself. Now he has also said goodbye to T20 format. But he will continue to play in the ODI format and will be eyeing a good performance for Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy 2025. He made his debut for Bangladesh in T20 International in 2007. After this, he played in 141 T20I matches and scored 2444 runs at a strike-rate of 117.74. Apart from this, he also has 43 wickets in his name in this format.
Had the third longest career in T20I
Mahmudullah’s T20 International career lasted 17 years and 41 days. Overall he had the third longest career in T20I cricket. Ahead of him are Bangladesh’s Sean Williams and Shakib Al Hasan. He also stood jointly at third place in terms of playing most T20I matches. He played a total of 141 T20 International matches. Ahead of him are Paul Sterling (147 T20I matches) and Rohit Sharma (159 T20I matches).
flopped in the last match
Mahmudullah could not perform well in the last T20I match of his career. He proved to be a terrible flop with ball and bat. In the match against India, he took 1 wicket for 26 runs in 2 overs. After this, while batting, only 8 runs came from his bat.
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