Cricket Update: India beats Afghanistan in second super over; won the series 3-0
Rohit Sharma was left absolutely fuming after the umpire committed not one but two blunders against the India captain during the 3rd T20I against Afghanistan
Won the Match: India beat Afghanistan in a thrilling final T20 of the three-match series at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Rohit Sharma leads India to an exciting victory against Afghanistan in the 3rd T20I match.
Two Super Overs were required to break the hurdles that wouldn’t have occurred without Rohit Sharma’s fifth T20I hundred.
The match was tied after Afghanistan levelled India’s total of 212 runs. It was tied again after the first Super Over
India won in the second Super Over after India scored 11-2, but Afghanistan fell short as they lost two wickets for just one run.
Rohit (121 not out, 69b, 11x4, 8x6) and his perfect sidekick Rinku Singh (69 n,o, 39b, 2x4, 6x6) shared 190 runs for a stellar, unbeaten fifth-wicket stand
Afghanistan was not doing well and out in the chase until Mohammad Nabi and Gulbadin Naib turned it around after the 10th over.
Afghanistan lost both hitter Mohammad Nabi and Gurbaz to leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi as they scored just one run in the second Super Over
In the begining India lost four wickets inside the Powerplay, as Yashasvi Jaiswal (4), Virat Kohli (0), Shivam Dube (1), and Sanju Samson (0) departed