India beat Afghanistan in 3rd T20I despite 212; complete 3-0 whitewash
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India took two super overs to beat Afghanistan in the third T20I on Wednesday (January 17) in Bengaluru despite putting up 200-plus total in the regular 20 overs. In the second super over, India batted first and scored 11 runs in five balls as they lost two wickets and wasted one ball. Defending 12 runs, Ravi Bishnoi gave only one run in three balls and took two wickets to help India win against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan batted first in the super over and scored 16 runs. India, needing two runs off the last ball of the super over could manage only one run, sending the match into the maiden second super over in history of cricket.
Chasing 213, Afghanistan were almost out of the game with 31 runs needed in last 10 balls. Gulbadin Naib scored a sensational 23-ball 55 not out to push the game into the super over. The visitors were in the game till about 13th over before Washington Sundar’s two wickets in two balls turned the tables. The spinner also took a crucial wicket late in the game to finish the high-scoring match with decent figures of 3/18 in three overs.
Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and skipper Ibrahim Zadran scored 50 each while adding 93 runs for the first wicket. After Sundar’s twin-wicket 13th over, a whirlwind 57-run partnership between Mohammad Nabi (34 off 16) and Gulbadin Naib in just 24 balls gave visitors some hope. Sundar, however, sent Nabi back in the 17th over and a run out by Sanju Samson in the next one ensured Afghanistan stay behind before Gulbadin played a blinder.
Earlier, India rode high on the back of skipper Rohit Sharma’s record fifth T20I hundred and his 190-run unbeaten partnership with Rinku Singh to post 212/4 in 20 overs. Afghanistan had started well in the game, taking four Indian wickets for four runs in the first five overs.
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