India had trouble with the bat in the first few overs, but captain Rohit Sharma and opener Rinku Singh grabbed charge and enabled the hosts to score 212 runs in the opening session The third Twenty20 International between Afghanistan and India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru was an intense match.. Thanks to the merciless batting of Gulbadin Naib, Afghanistan was able to match that.
Afghanistan scored sixteen runs when they batted first in the first Super Over. Although Mukesh Kumar got off to a good start with the ball, nine runs in the final two deliveries momentarily shifted the balance of power. The Men in Blue could only manage 11 runs when they batted first.
But thanks to Rohit Sharma, India was able to tie the score once more as the game proceeded to the second Super Over.
It’s interesting that the Indian captain chose to bowl the Super Over to Ravi Bishnoi. To help the hosts win, the spinner maintained his composure and took two wickets in three deliveries. Zaheer Khan, a former cricket player for India, praised Rohit Sharma for his courageous choice to support Bishnoi in the second super over. He said that the cricket player trusted his gut, and that decision helped the team win.
“Given the limited time you have in these circumstances, I think it was a gutsy and astute action. You must trust your intuition and reasoning. Thus, you should definitely give that think-tank member some credit, Zaheer Khan stated in a conversation with JioCinema.
“India got off to a great start in the second Super Over, scoring a six. It appeared like India would defeat Afghanistan, but that did not transpire. They did not even use all six balls and lost two wickets. You then had to make the important choice of who would bowl. Therefore, that choice was well-considered since, with so much pressure on the bowler, hitters often score twelve runs quickly,” the 45-year-old stated.
India triumphed 3-0 over Afghanistan in the Twenty20 International series.
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