India’s captain Rohit Sharma, plays a shot during the Super Over in the 3rd T20 match between India and Afghanistan, at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium (KSCA), in Bengaluru on January 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K
There aren’t many days when Rohit Sharma’s white-ball brilliance is eclipsed. It nearly happened at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday when Afghanistan stunningly matched India’s mammoth 212-run total, dragged the contest into not one but two Super Overs — a first in T20Is — before falling agonisingly short.
Afghanistan made 16 for one in the first shoot-out, only for India to equal it, helped by two sixes from Rohit. In the second tie-breaker, India scored 11 for two but Afghanistan was shot out for one run, with Ravi Bishnoi claiming both wickets to help sweep the series 3-0.
