India thrashed Bangladesh by 30 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International match to win the series 2-1 at Nagpur on Sunday.
Shreyas Iyer hit 62 off 33 balls with the help of fives sixes and three fours to lay the foundation for India's win over Bangladesh in the third T20I
India thrashed Bangladesh by 30 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International match to win the series 2-1 at Nagpur on Sunday.
India's win was set-up by Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Deepak Chahar. And one of the highlights of the match was Iyer's five sixes, including three on the trot against off-spinner Afif Hossain.
In the 15th over, Iyer hit the 20-year-old spinner for sixes off the first, second and third balls. Watch all the sixes here:
After Bangladesh won the toss and put in to bat, the hosts lost both the openers - Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan inside the sixth over.
But Iyer (62) and Rahul (52) stitched a 59-run stand for the third wicket to help India post 174/5. Despite a 98-run stand between Mohammad Mithun (27) and Mohammad Naim (81), Bangladesh were bundled out for 144 in 19.2 overs with pacer Chahar claiming six wickets in a spell of 3.2 overs.
India took the three-match series 2-1. Bangladesh won the opener at Delhi, but India hit back to level the series at Rajkot.