IND vs AFG Scorecard, 3rd T20I Highlights: Captain Rohit Sharma Leads From Front As India Clinch Double Super-Over Thriller

After the two back-to-back wins in the first two games, India hosted Afghanistan for the dead rubber third T20I on Wednesday (17th January. The game between the two teams took place at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, which saw a festival of runs.

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first. However, the conditions didn’t favour them all at the start as Afghanistan bowler Fareed Ahmad was all over them. Yashasvi Jaiswal (6), Virat Kohli (0), Sanju Samson (0), and Shivam Dube (1) bagged low scores.

They were tottering at 22/4 and it was then when skipper Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh took the onus to themselves and joined the hands together. They bailed the team out of trouble and once they got their eye set in they took the game away from Afghanistan.

Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh batted like a dream pair and they didn’t put a foot wrong in their partnership. The duo added 190 runs together and made a mockery of the Afghanistan bowlers, who were hit all over the park by the duo.

While Rohit Sharma ended with an unbeaten knock of 121 runs off 69 balls, Rinku Singh smashed an unbeaten 69 runs off 39 balls. Their sensational knocks powered India to a big total of 212 runs, which at one stage looked impossible, especially after the start they had.

For Afghanistan, Fareed Ahmad was the pick of the bowlers with his figures of 3/20. Along with Azmatullah Omarzai picked one wicket whereas no other bowler could get a wicket. They had an economy of over 7.

IND vs AFG Scorecard, 3rd T20I Highlights: India win Double Super Over Thriller

In the second innings, Afghanistan were off to a flying start and they put India under immense pressure. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (50) and Ibrahim Zadran (50) slammed vital half-centuries and added 93 runs for the opening partnership that set the platform for others.

However, India made a slight comeback as they removed both the openers along with Azmatullah Omarzai for a duck. But Afghanistan yet again were back in the game as Mohammad Nabi played a brutal knock. He played a cameo of 43 runs off 19 balls that brought the team close to the target.

After he got out, Gulbadin Naib (52*) gave a real scare to the Indian team with his sensational innings. He took the game away from the hosts with his brutal half-century and helped Afghanistan draw the game.

The game then went to super over and Afghanistan, who batted first, made 16 runs in the 6 balls. India skipper Rohit Sharma then kept his team in the game with the sixes in the super over. With 2 runs needed off the last ball, Jaiswal couldn’t manage to score and the game moved to another Super over.

In the second super over, Rohit Sharma started off with six and four but at the other end, both Rinku and Sanju couldn’t get going. India ended with 11 runs and they had a great start with the ball as Ravi Bishnoi removed Mohammad Nabi on the first ball. After two balls later, he sent Karim Janat packing and won the game for his team.

Brief scores

India: 212/4(Rohit Sharma 121*; Fareed Khan 3/20)

Afghanistan: 212/6(Gulbadin Naib 52*; Washington Sundar 3/18)

Super Over 1 – Afghanistan 16, India 16

Super Over 2 – India 11, Afghanistan 1