Rohit Sharma was in the mood as India recovered from a dreadful start to pose an imposing total
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Rohit stars as India down Afghanistan in second Super Over
The Super Over was also tied after Afghanistan made 16 and India got the same score as the situation brought back memories of the 2019 50-over World Cup final between England and New Zealand.
Match Summary
India vs Afghanistan, 3rd T20I
India 212/4 (20 ov)
Afghanistan 212/6 (20 ov) & 16/1 (1 ov)
Result -
The final at the Lord's had ended level even after the Super Over and England won the trophy on a greater number of boundaries, prompting a rule change.
India made 11-1 in the second Super Over with Rohit scoring all the runs off the opening three balls. Indian spinner Ravi Bishnoi conceded just one run and picked up two wickets to seal the game.
Earlier Rohit, out for a duck in the opening two wins, struck 11 fours and eight sixes and put on 190 runs with Rinku Singh, who hit 69 not out off 39 balls.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran scored 50 each to put on 93 runs for the first wicket and set up the chase.
Mohammad Nabi smashed a quickfire 34 to keep his side in the hunt and Naib got 18 runs off the final over from fast bowler Mukesh Kumar to tie the match.
Spinner Washington Sundar stood out with figures of 3-18 but the evening belonged to Rohit, who reigned supreme after he won the toss and elected to bat first.
Rohit went past Australia's Glenn Maxwell and Suryakumar Yadav -- both with four T20 tons.
It was raining sixes in the final five overs when India plundered 103 runs. Rohit and the left-handed Rinku smashed 36 off the final over, which included a six off a no-ball.
The hosts, who clinched the series after two wins, played their final T20 international before the T20 World Cup in June.
Left-arm quick Fareed Ahmad Malik returned figures of 3-20 and caused early damage with the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (four), Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson, both removed for first-ball ducks.
Rohit rebuilt the innings and then tore into the opposition attack as he surpassed his previous T20 best of 118.
Match Stats
India Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Yashasvi Jaiswal - 2.3 ov), 2-18 (Virat Kohli - 2.4 ov), 3-21 (Shivam Dube - 3.6 ov), 4-22 (Sanju Samson - 4.3 ov)
Afghanistan Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 10.6 ov), 2-107 (Azmatullah Omarzai - 12.4 ov), 3-163 (Mohammad Nabi - 16.2 ov), 4-167 (Karim Janat - 17.1 ov), 5-182 (Najibullah Zadran - 18.2 ov)
Playing XI
INDIA
AFGHANISTAN
Match Details
Date - 2024-01-17 13:30:00
Venue - M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Toss - India elected to bat
Umpires - Jayaraman Madanagopal (India), Virender Sharma (India), Rohan Pandit (India TV)
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CWC 2023 Match 9: India beat Afghanistan by 8 wickets
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