India faced Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series. This series has been organized with the 2024 T20 World Cup in mind. In this series between the two teams, India won by a margin of 3-0, but the cricket lovers witnessed many dramas. In the first two matches, India won easily by six wickets, but in the last match, Afghanistan nearly defeated the hosts. But in the end, luck was not in favor of the visitors!
The third match between India and Afghanistan was held at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. At the beginning of the match, the host team India won the toss and decided to bat. After winning the first two matches by chasing runs, the team wanted to check the ability of their batsmen by batting early in this match. The team executed their plan quite well. In the beginning, the team collected 200+ runs by batting!
On this day, captain Rohit Sharma and youngster Jaiswal came to open the opening for India. The top-order batsmen failed to get India off to a good start in this match. After losing the first wicket for 18 runs, India lost three more wickets with a gap of just 4 runs. As a result, the hosts were under pressure in the beginning. Captain Rohit Sharma took the team to a strong position by handling that pressure. This marquee batsman completes a personal century. Another batsman Rinku Singh gave the captain worthy support. The record partnership between the two for the fifth wicket.
Afghanistan started brilliantly in reply to India's 213 runs. Afghanistan scored 90+ runs in the first 10 overs thanks to the outstanding batting performance of two openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran. But both made their way to the pavilion after completing their half-centuries. After a good start, the Afghans lost one wicket after another and fell behind in the match. Gulbadin Naib's impeccable batting made Afghanistan an incredible comeback in a match that was almost lost. However, Afghanistan's innings stopped at 212 twelve runs equal to India's. As a result, if the match is a draw, the game will be played in super over.
After playing the scheduled 40 overs, the fans witnessed the drama in the Super Over. Afghanistan managed to score 16 runs by batting first. In response to 17 runs, India almost won with captain Rohit's two sixes. But when Rohit got out, the first super-over was also a draw. As a result, the match went to the second super over. This time, Afghanistan could not perform well with the bat. Afghanistan could not pass only 12 runs given by India. On the contrary, the team lost 2 wickets in two runs. As a result, the Indian team won the third consecutive match. With this victory, India took the series 3-0 against Afghanistan!
