Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar was rather surprised by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's return to the Indian team for the Afghanistan T20 series. However, the fans did get to see a new attacking version of Kohli and Rohit's fifth T20I century with India winning the series 3-0.
India's ace batter Virat Kohli suffered a maiden golden duck in the third T20I game against Afghanistan at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday but was sensational in the field to clinch the official fielder of the match award.
It was a record breaking day for Rohit Sharma as he became the first ever batter to hit five centuries in T20 Internationals. This was also his first century in T20 cricket since 2019 and on his way, he also achieved a couple of massive personal milestones which not many noticed.
India defeated Afghanistan in the third T20I played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday (January 17). The win also completed whitewash for India against Afghanistan, their ninth in the format, and Rohit-Rinku duo was the reason for the same.
Team India won the three-match T20I series 3-0 with a win in the third and final game. But the last match played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium was a thriller and it went down the super over, not once but twice. What is the record Rohit Sharma and Ravi Bishnoi achieved then? Let us know...
Captains are usually reluctant to throw the ball to a spinner in the final over or a Super Over but Rohit Sharma's decision in the 3rd T20I against Afghanistan bore fruit for the hosts.
Rohit became the first batter ever to score five centuries in T20Is. His compatriot Suryakumar Yadav and Australia's flamboyant batter Glenn Maxwell are tied for the second position with four centuries each.
Captain Rohit Sharma smashed his fifth T20I hundred by smashing an unbeaten 121 runs and rising Rinku Singh added 69* off just 39 balls to help India score 212 runs batting first but it was not enough as Afghanistan batters registered three fifties to take the game to super over.
India captain Rohit Sharma scored a sensational hundred and pulled off a record-breaking partnership with Rinku Singh for the fifth wicket against Afghanistan in the third T20I at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday.
Rohit Sharma failed to open his account in the first T20I matches and took seven balls to get off the mark in the third T20I game against Afghanistan at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. However, he opened with a four but it was ruled out for leg byes by umpire Virender Sharma.
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first in the third T20I game against Afghanistan at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav and Avesh Khan came into the playing XI for the hosts while Afghanistan made four changes to their team.
IND Vs AFG T20 Cricket Match Highlights: India and Afghanistan locked horns at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in the T20I series finale. Rohit Sharma's men bagged the series 3-0 and have a register a historic whitewash.
The pace all-rounder scored two back-to-back fifties and took one wicket each in the ongoing T20I series against Afghanistan to witness a big jump in both the ICC men's T20I batting and all-rounder rankings on Wednesday.
IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma has led India in T20Is in over 50 matches. He helped the Men in Blue register a T20I series win over Afghanistan on his return to the format. Despite his poor outings with the bat, Rohit has created an all-time record for India.
Playing his 150th T20I match, the Indian captain Rohit Sharma suffered another golden duck to concede an unwanted T20 record during the second T20I game against Afghanistan at Indore's Holkar Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field first in the second T20I against Afghanistan on Sunday, January 14 in Indore. Rohit Sharma was playing his 150th T20I for India and became the first male cricketer and the fifth player overall to achieve the feat.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the crucial toss at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore and elected to bowl first in the second consecutive game. Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal came into the playing XI for India while Afghanistan made one change.
IND v AFG: Rohit Sharma's India lead the T20I series 1-0 against Afghanistan as the Men in Blue registered an easy win in the first T20I. India look to bag the series early, while captain Rohit sits on the door of a never-before-seen world record in men's cricket.
Indian cricket team host England in the five-match Test series starting on January 25 and have named a strong squad for the first two matches. Wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan misses out again due to personal reasons.
IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma was dismissed for a duck on his T20I return as he was involved in a bizarre miscommunication with Shubman Gill. Rohit and Gill were caught at the same end before wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed the Indian captain.
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