IND vs AFG T20I Super Over: No one had thought that the India-Afghanistan T20 series would end in such an interesting way. After the first two matches of the series were one-sided, it was being speculated that Team India would win the third match also one-sidedly, but here the Afghan team fought hard. The situation was such that this team chased the huge target of 212 runs in a strong manner and tied the score. When the match went into the Super Over, here too, after falling behind, this team made a comeback and tied the Super Over score. Another super over had to be conducted for the result of the match, where the Afghan team finally succumbed.
The match was very exciting. We can say that it was a breath-taking match. When Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, 4 wickets fell for 22 runs. Here Rohit Sharma (129) and Rinku Singh (69) made an unbeaten 190-run partnership to take Team India to 212 runs. After this, both the openers of Afghanistan kept the match exciting by scoring half-centuries. Later, the brilliant innings of Mohammad Nabi (34) and Gulbadin Naib (55) tied the match. Here in the last over, Afghanistan needed 19 runs to win and Gulbadin leveled the score by scoring 18 runs.
Afghanistan scored 16 runs in the super over
After this exciting over, the match reached the super over. Rohit Sharma handed the ball to Mukesh Kumar and only Gulbadin and Nabi came to bat from Afghanistan’s side. Here Gulbadin was run out while trying to score two runs on the very first ball. After this, Nabi could score only one run on the next ball. The Afghan team was under pressure but here Gurbaz got four runs on the third ball. He stole one more run on the fourth ball. In this way, 7 runs were scored on the first 4 balls. That means India had the upper hand. But on the fifth ball, Nabi pacified the spectators present in the stadium by hitting a powerful six. Even on the last ball of the over, this player scored three runs.
Indian batsmen also stopped at 16 runs only.
In this way, Afghanistan had scored 16 runs in one over. Here India had a bad start and only two runs were scored on the first two balls. But on the third and fourth balls, Rohit Sharma hit back to back sixes and brought Team India closer to victory. One run came on the fifth ball and now two runs were needed on the last ball to win. Here Yashasvi Jaiswal could score only one run and the match was tied.
The thrill of the second super over
The second super over started with Indian batting. Here Rohit Sharma hit a six on the first ball and a four on the second ball. He scored one run on the third ball. In this way, Team India was again seen in the driving seat but here two wickets fell in the next two balls and thus Team India could score only 11 runs in the Super Over. Here Nabi and Gurbaz came to bat for Afghanistan and both of them were caught out within the first three balls. In this way the second super over ended within three balls and the match went to Team India.