India vs Afghanistan 3rd T20 Highlights: Rohit stars in Super Over win

India vs Afghanistan Highlights, 3rd T20 international: Skipper Rohit Sharma was the star of the night for India as they beat Afghanistan after two Super Overs to win the series 3-0

India skipper Rohit Sharma turned out to be the hero as India beat Afghanistan in the Super Over to clinch the third and final match of the three-match T20 series between the two teams at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday, January 17. With this win, India cleanswept the Afghans 3-0. 

It was one of the matches which will be remebered for a long tine as it featured two Super Overs and drama that included Mohammad Nabi getting two overthrow runs. Earlier, Rohit, after winning the toss and batting first, became the first player in history to hit five T20 international centuries as he pwoered India to 212/4 thanks to world record parnership of 190 runs for the fifth wicket between him and Rinku Singh. In reply, Afghanistan were powered by fifties from skipper Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Gulbadin Naib as thgey got to 212/6 at the end of their 20 overs, 

India won the toss and decided to bat first against Afghanistan in. India made three changes in the playing 11 with Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan and Sanju Samson replacing Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Jitesh Sharma. 

In the Afghanistan playing 11 there were as many as four changes with Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi and Fareed Ahmad Malik replacing Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Noor Ahmad. 

India vs Afghanistan Playing 11

India Playing 11
 

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan

Afghanistan Playing 11

Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran(c), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Fareed Ahmad Malik

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12:57 AM

It’s a sweep for India

 

It is a clean sweep for India as they win the third and final match of the series and move towards the white ball format with 3-0 win in the T20s. 

 

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12:49 AM

India win the Super Over

 

Ravi Bishnoi will be the hero here as he gets the second wicket in his over and Afghanistan have been all-out for just one run and lost the match in the Super Over. 

 

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12:48 AM

Wicket of the first ball

 

Ravi Bishnoi was chosen and Ravi Bishnoi delivered as Mohammad Nabi hit straight down the ground, but Rinku Singh was steady enough to catch it easily 

 

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12:47 AM

Ravi Bishnoi to bowl the Super Over?

 

It was Mukesh Kumar in the last Super Over, but this time around, it is going to be either Ravi Bishnoi or Avesh Khan as they are the only two bowlers with the ball in their hands at the moment. 

 

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12:46 AM

India out for 11

 

After Rohit Sharma hit a four and a six and took a single on the third ball, Rinku Singh was out caught behind and then on the very next ball, it was yet again a dot ball as Sanju Samson couldn’t connect and Riohit ran, trying to get to the striker’s end. Gurbaz hit the wicket directly and India lost two wickets to get all-out in the super over for 11. 

 

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12:46 AM

Second Super Over in progress

 

The Super Over is in g progress and it is the second one after the first one was tied as both India and Afghanistan scored 16 runs each 

 

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12:44 AM

It is a tie in the Super Over as well

 

The Super Over got tied as well with Rohit Sharma hitting two sixes and and then taking a single on the fifth ball to give Jaiswal a chance to win the match by hitting two of the last ball. The first two balls had fetched two runs. Jaiswal was unable to get anything more than 1 even as Rohit retired himself and brought in Rinku Singh to run a quick two. 

 

12:41 AM

First Super Over, Afghans Score 16

 

Afghanistan batted first and Mukesh Kumar was superb in the Super Over for the first four balls. However, on the fifth ball, he slightly overpitched Nabi and punched it for a six over the long-on, thanks to the power of his bottom hand. However, the real drama happened on the last ball as Nabi did not manage to get the connection right, but still ran for a single as Sanju Samson from behind the stumps threw the ball to the bowler to try and get Nabi run out. A total fo 16 runs were scored in the over. 

 

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12:39 AM

It’s a tie, we head into the Super Over

 

Over Summary: Wd 4 0 Wd 2 6 2 2; AFG 212-6 after 20 overs 

Gulbadin Naib (55), Sharafuddin Ashraf (5); Mukesh Kumar 4-0-44-0

Gulbadin Naib does a hero's job here for Afghanistan as he ties the game and sends it in the Super Over by getting 18 runs off Mukesh Kumar. 

 

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12:37 AM

Avesh Khan hit for 17 runs, Afghans close in

 

Over Summary: 4 Wd W 4 1 6 1; AFG 194-6 after 19 overs 

Gulbadin Naib (39), Sharafuddin Ashraf (5); Avesh Khan 4-0-55-1

Avesh Khan has been hit for 17 runs and Afghanistan now need 19 from the final over to win the match. 

 

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12:35 AM

Mukesh has Janat run out

 

Over Summary: W 0 1 1 4 4; AFG 177-5 after 18 overs 

Gulbadin Naib (32), Najibullah Zadran (1); Mukesh Kumar 3-0-26-0

Janat Karim is run out as Sanju Samson and Mukesh Kumar combine well to find the Afghan batter short of his crease

 

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12:34 AM

Sundar gets Nabi out

 

Over Summary: Wd 0 W 1 1 1 1; AFG 167-4 after 17 overs 

Gulbadin Naib (23), Karim Janat (2); Washington Sundar 3-0-18-3

Washington Sundar, who had got two wickets already and that too in one over, has naother as dangerous Nabi departs

 

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12:32 AM

Nabi goes after Bishnoi

 

Over Summary: 4 4 6 B1 1 1; AFG 145-3 after 16 overs 

Mohammad Nabi (34), Gulbadin Naib (21); Ravi Bishnoi 4-0-38-0

Nabi has decided to launch an attack over Bishnoi as he hits him for two fours and a six and gets 17 off the over. 

 

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12:31 AM

Kuldeep hit for 15 runs

 

Over Summary: 6 6 2 1 1 1; AFG 145-3 after 15 overs 

Mohammad Nabi (20), Gulbadin Naib (19); Kuldeep Yadav 3-0-31-1

 

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12:29 AM

Avesh Khan hit for 20 runs

 

Over Summary: Wd 1 4 6 6 1 1; AFG 128-3 after 14 overs 

Mohammad Nabi (3), Gulbadin Naib (19); Avesh Khan 3-0-38-0

 

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