IND vs AFG 3rd T20I HIGHLIGHTS: India Beat Afghanistan In Second Super Over, Clinch Series 3-0
IND vs AFG 3rd T20I HIGHLIGHTS: In a match that went down to a second super over, it was India who ultimately emerged victorious.
India win!! Bishnoi takes 2 wickets in the second super over. That's it then. what a game!
Nabi falls. Bishnoi the bowler picked by India and he succeeds. AFG- 0/1 with 5 balls left.
Nabi, Gulbadin To Open for Afghanistan.
Run out to end the innings. Rohit fails to make it to the strikers' end after Samson did not make any connection. Afghanistan need 12 to win in the second super over.
Rinku falls. Edged to the keeper. Afghanistan reviewed that and Rinku walks back. IND- 11/1 with 2 balls left. Sanju Samson now for last 2 balls.
A single off the third ball. 11 off 3.
And then a four. 10 off 2 from Rohit.
Fareed Ahmad for Afghanistan. It's A SIX off first ball down the ground.
Rinku, Rohit Batting This Time Around for India in the second Super over.
Another 1, It's Another Super Over.
Just 1. India need 2 to win off 1 ball.
Two sixes off two balls from Rohit. India need 3 runs from 2 balls.
Six off the third ball. What a cliffhanger we are having in Bengaluru.
1 Leg Bye to begin with. Azmatullah Omarzai the bowler for Afghanistan.
Rohit, Jaiswal open In Super Over too. 17 to get off 6 balls for India.
3 Byes Off Final Ball. Afghanistan were getting a run but they ended up getting 3 after the ball hit Nabi and then deflected. India thought Afghanistan shouldn't have gone for those two extra runs but the tourists think otherwise. India need 17 to win in the eliminator.
Fifth ball and Nabi sends that for a six on the leg side. Misses the length by a small margin, one would say but he was ready for it was Nabi. 13 off 5 balls.
Edged For FOUR! Lucky from Gurbaz.
Yorker Spot On. Nabi who faced it. They can't afford to lose another wicket, remember.
Run Out First Ball. Gulbadin Naib charges for the second but he took the wrong man on with Kohli's throw catching him way short. AFG- 1/1 with 5 balls left in the Super Over.
Gulbadin, Gurbaz Out In Super Over for Afghanistan. Mukesh Kumar with the ball in hand for India.
Naib finishes with 55* off 23 after half-centuries from Gurbaz and Zadran to take Afghanistan to a Super over. Scores tied at 212.
They return for a couple and it's a SUPER OVER! Wow. what a match this.
Need 3 Off 1.
Need 5 Off 2 with that six from Gulbadin who reaches to a fifty with that one.
Mukesh bowling the Final Over. It's going down to the wire.
Samson with a brilliant bit of work and Karim Janat gets run out at the non-strikers end. AFG-167/5 after 17.1 overs.
It isn't as sweetly timed and Sundar gets his man Nabi falls for 34 off 16. Superb innings that has given side some hope. AFG- 163/4 after 16.2 overs.
16 overs bowled. AFG- 162/3. They need 51 runs from 24 balls.
17 Off The Over then. AFG- 145/3. The game's far from over. They need 68 runs from 30 balls.
Nabi Starts the 15th With 6, 6 off Kuldeep.
AFG- 128/3. Afghanistan need 85 runs from 36 balls.
Avesh Returns and he is being taken to the cleaners by Gulbadin Naib. 4,6,6 off the second, third and fourth balls of the over.
13 Overs Bowled. AFG- 108/3 after 13 overs. They need 105 runs from 42 balls.
First a stumping off a wide to get rid of Zadran for 50, then Omarzai getting caught out in the deep, trying to clear the fence. Sundar with a double-wicket over.
5 Off The 12th Over. AFG- 98/1. Superb from Bishnoi, given the circumstances.
Kuldeep Yadav strikes for India. He gets rid of Gurbaz for 50 off 32. Good catch from Sundar in the covers to help Kuldeep earn that wicket. After 10 overs, AFG- 93/1.
Fifty For Gurbaz. Keeps Afghanistan in the chase with his six fifty in T20Is. Gets there with a six off Kuldeep who is bringing on the 11th over.
Four and a six to finish off the over then. Gurbaz picked the slower one perfectly for a massive six on the leg side on the last ball. Off the fifth ball, Gurbaz walked to the off side to play that aerial stroke over fine leg inside the circle. On the bounce to the boundary. AFG-85/0 after 10 overs. They still need 128 runs from 60 balls.
Dube to continue. He concedes a boundary off the ball of the second ball with an edge on a intended scoop off the bat of Zadran.
Still Just 6 off the over. AFG- 67/0 after 9 overs.
Off the second ball of Kuldeep's over, it's edged but wide of Rohit at slip and goes for four.
Kuldeep Yadav for the first time in the series.
Shivam Dube Gets To Bowl then. No Boundaries conceded but gives away 7. AFG- 61/0 after 8 overs.
Tight over from Sundar. Just 3 off it. AFG- 54/0 after 7 overs.
Washington Sundar into the attack.
End Of Powerplay. That brings us to the end of the powerplay. Just 6 runs then from the sixth over. AFG- 51/0 after 6 overs. Ibrahim Zadran- 27* off 21, Rahmanullah Gurbaz- 21* off 15.
3 Bowlers Used So Far by India. 2 overs apiece for Mukesh and Avesh. One for Bishnoi.
After 5 overs, Afghanistan- 45/0.
Afghanistan need 213 to win. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran have got them off to a decent start but they still trail behind the required run rate.
Hat-Trick Of SIxes To FInish The Innings from Rinku. India finish at 212/4 after 20 overs after being 61/4 in the first 10. What a turnaround. Led by who else but Rohit who finishes at 121* off 69 and Rinku Singh unbeaten on 69 off 39.
Fifty For Rinku Singh on the other end but it's Rohit's knock which has dwarfed his efforts here.
And another one from Rohit!! India approaching 200. Are we seeing a different match than the one we were witnessing at around 90 minutes ago.
A four and a six off a no ball to begin the 20th over after he has slammed a 5th T20I hundred. The six hit the roof and came back.
A six from Rinku Singh to finish the 19th. IND- 176/4 after 19 overs.
Take a bow Hitman!! He hadn't scored a run in the series before this. A six and two fours to get to a hundred here in Bengaluru off 64 balls.
And a boundary off the next. 99 then for Rohit!
WOWW!!!! Man that's a superb shot to enter into the 90s. It's full and Rohit has sent it 85 metres deep onto the leg side as he approaches a T20I ton.
Azmatullah Bowling The 19th.
Ends The Over With A Couple, does Rohit. 10 off it. IND-154/4 after 18 overs.
Four singles and it was turning out to be a great over for Afghanistan but Rohit finds the boundary off the fifth ball. 8 off it with a ball to go.
Fareed Ahmad Will Finish Off Here. 2 overs still to go after this one.
13 runs off th 17th Over then. IND-144/4 after 17 overs.
Rohit is playing a gem of a knock here. He picks his lengths and the ground dimensions too working in his favour. A four off the first ball, a six off the third. Superb from the experienced opener.
Janat For a Second Over.
Four down the ground to end a big over for India. It's Rinku Singh who produces the boundary. Helped by wides and no-ball, India get 22 runs from the 16th over. They are 131/4 after 16 overs.
The fifth wicket partnership between the two has been worth over a 100 runs. They still have a job to do though.
Big Over Loading- 6,4,2+NB, Wide Already.
Don't bowl shot to Rohit but the bowler doesn't seem to have learnt this before. He has been dispatched with a Rohit special pull for a maximum. 10 off the first two balls.
Saleem Returns. Rohit moves towards the off side to get the boundary on the leg side. Good start for India.
Top Over From Janat. Just 5 singles off it. Rohit ends with a one off last ball to keep strike. IND- 109/4 after 15 overs.
Karim Janat Into The Attack for the first time this evening.
7 Off The 14th Over then. Rohit thought it was a no-ball for height the last ball of the over. The umpire thinks otherwise. Rohit not pleased. IND- 104/4 after 14 overs.
Saleem returns.
Four more! What a way to score a half-century. Much-needed for The Hitman and India. He has responded with a bang. It's a 41-ball fifty for Rohit who gets there with a reverse-pull that went for a boundary. Inventive but effective. India fetch 16 runs off the 13th over. IND- 97/4 after 13 overs.
Rinku is not going defensive either. Gets the fuller length and Rinku smacks it over long-on for a maximum.
Rohit Starts the next over from Qais with a boundary. He is looking dangerous. India need their captain to bat through. It's a regulation sweep that goes for four with the use of wrists. Superb from The Hitman who is well into the 40s.
16 Off The Over then. IND- 81/4 after 12 overs.
Rohit on the charge. Back-to-back sixes! That's more like it. Sharafuddin being taken to the cleaners
Still a quiet start to the second half of India's innings as just four come from it. After 11 overs, IND- 65/4.
Qais Into His Third Over. India need a superb second half to their innings to get to a fighting total.
9 runs off the 10th over including a boundary off the bat of Rinku. What an eventful first half of the innings this has already been.
10 overs bowled. IND- 61/4.
Sharafuddin Ashraf into the attack.
Four Singles Off The Ninth over then. IND- 52/4 after 9 overs.
Rinku survives a close LBW shout. He reviewed the decision after umpire deemed it out. Turns out, he had got some bat on that one.
Qais continues.
14 runs off the over then. IND- 48/4 after 8 overs.
And the second six in the over. Is this the over that changes things for India? This time it's come off the bat of Rohit who has picked the slower one and pulled it deep into the stands for a massive six.
Rinku hits a maximum. It's precisely the non-fearlessness required to not let the game slip away even when the team's in a hole. Third ball of the over and Rinku flicks it for a six over deep square leg. Incredible from the southpaw.
Mohammed Saleem, the debutant, into the attack.
Rohit waits for the loosener and then deposits the fifth ball of the over for a boundary off his go-to scoring shot-pull. The earlier four balls were all dots. Those were the only runs in that over. IND-34/4 after 7 overs.
Qais Ahmad into the attack.
At the end of the six overs mark, IND- 30/4. Far from being the powerplay that India had hoped for especially after they elected to bat first. But then here's the challenge to produce something special. Rohit and Rinku in the middle for India.
Rohit finds the fence. It's powered through point and much-needed runs for India. Rohit batting with Rinku Singh at the moment.
Omarzai with a third over on the trot.
Two Golden Ducks Already in this innings- Kohli and Samson. After 4 overs, IND- 22/4 after 5 overs.
What's happening here? This Indian lineup seems to be falling like a pack of cards as this time around it's Sanju Samson who falls for a golden duck. He has skied the third ball of the third over on the trot by Fareed Ahmad but gets no timing whatsoever. Nabi takes the catch at cover. IND- 22/4 after 4.3 Overs.
India three down! Dube the man in form has to depart. He edges one straight to the keeper off the last ball of the over from Omarzai. After 4 overs, IND- 21/3.
Shivam Dube has walked in at number 4. He joins Rohit. Omarzai continuing for Afghanistan.
Man the game has turned and how. Two wickets in two balls then as Jaiswal and Kohli depart off successive deliveries of the second over from Fareed Ahmad. Both look to play the aggressor's role and perish. IND- 18/2 after 2.4 Overs.
And there's the boundary. Width on offer and the first ball of the third over has been cut away for the first boundary off the bat in this match and it's Rohit who produces it off Ahmed.
Rohit Gets A Run. He probably got a bit of bat off a boundary which was given leg byes but officially he gets a run off seven balls. After the end of the second over, India- 13/0.
Azmatullah Omarzai From The Other End for Afghanistan.
11 Off The First Over but Rohit still to get off the mark. Two boundaries off his pads in that over to go with a 3 off the bat of Jaiswal.
All Eyes On Rohit Sharma then. Still to get a run in this series.
Fareed Ahmad with the ball in hand for Afghanistan.
Out come the Indian openers- Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Fareed Ahmad Malik
There's the first big change. India have won the toss and elected to bat first in Bengaluru.
Toss And Team News coming in around 10 minutes from now. STAY TUNED!
Hello And Welcome to our live coverage of the IND vs AFG 3rd T20I set to be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. India have the series in their kitty at 2-0 but this is their last T20I assignment before the World Cup which makes it an interesting fixture.
Background
IND vs AFG 3rd T20I SCORE LIVE: While India have already bagged the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan with a match to go, the remaining T20I of this series still seems far from a dead rubber. What makes this different is the fact that this will be Team India's final T20I before the T20 World Cup in June and there are still plenty of questions that remain unanswered. The Bengaluru T20I in this sense is the last opportunity to play together and figure out a template which can potentially earn their ICC title drought.
For beginners, India have not won the toss and batted first even once. It would be interesting to see if they do that or are forced to do that in Bengaluru, yet another venue where teams usually like to chase. They seem to be comfortable chasing but then when such a situation might game in a crunch game where they are forced to bat first won't auger well for a team which has avoided that situation during preparatory phase.
That means there is surely more to it than meets the eye in the final match of the series for both the sides. For Afghanistan too, it would be an opportunity to challenge themselves against a stronger opponent in a format where they would perhaps rate themselves the best. Rahmanullah Gurbaz did get a start for the visitors in Indore but can he carry on to bat deeper into the innings will be one thing that could well determine the fate of the match.
For India, Rohit has not scored a run in this series while Axar Patel has been superb in the both the T20Is, bagging the Player of the Match in the one in Indore. Eyes will be on both of them for different reasons.
All said and done though, the stage looks set for a superb game of cricket.
Probable Playing 11s:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan/Ravi Bishnoi/Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad/Qais Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
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