There are not many days when Rohit Sharma’s white-ball excellence is eclipsed. It nearly happened at the M. Chinnasamy Stadium on Wednesday when Afghanistan beautifully matched India’s gigantic 212-run total, dragged the contest into not one but two Super Overs — a first in T20 — before falling badly short.
Afghanistan made 16 for one in the first super over, only for India to equal it, helped by two sixes from Rohit. In the second super over, India scored 11 for two wickets but Afghanistan does not achieved, In this match Ravi Bishnoi takes both the wickets to help clean sweep the series 3-0.
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In this match, Rohit (121 run, 69ball, 11×4, 8×6) and Rinku (69 run, 39ball, 2×4, 6×6) rescued their side from a precarious 22 for four with a magnific 190-run partnership, the highest for India in T20Is for any wicket going past Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda’s 176 run (vs. Ireland, June 2022).
However, Afghanistan showed its collective ethos as openers Gurbaz (50 run, 32ball, 3×4, 4×6) and Zadran (50run, 41ball, 4×4, 1×6) put score 93 from 11 overs, before two scarily good cameos from Naib (55 run, 23ball, 4×4, 4×6).