Gulbadin Naib (55*) helped Afghanistan match India’s score of 212/4, taking them to 212/6.
Earlier, India rallied from 22/4 thanks to a 190-run partnership between Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh. In T20I cricket, this is currently India’s highest partnership for any wicket.
An innings-characterizing association for India
India lost four speedy wickets on a bowler-accommodating pitch in the wake of choosing for bat. Notwithstanding, an amazing association among Rohit and Rinku saved India from sinking.
The pair assisted India with recuperating one step at a time, directing them past 80 of every 12 overs.
While Rohit kept on clearing the rope, Rinku aced the demise overs.
In the final two innings, there were as many as 58 runs scored.
First hitter with five T20I tons
Rohit returned unbeaten on 121 off 69 balls, a thump bound with 11 fours and 8 sixes. He enlisted his most elevated score in the briefest global organization, gonig past 118 against Sri Lanka in 2017 in Indore.
Rohit hammered his fifth 100 years, presently the most by a player in T20Is. He beat Suryakumar Yadav, a fellow Indian, and Glenn Maxwell, an Australian, by four points.
Rinku sets a career high with a score in the T20I. While Rohit attacked back with big hits, Rinku protected the other end. He didn’t succumb to Afghanistan’s short-ball ploy.
Rinku crushed 69* off 39 balls, a thump studded with 2 fours and 6 sixes. Outstandingly, three of these maximums came on the last three conveyances of the innings.
Rinku achieved his highest score in the format with his second fifty in T20I play.
Rohit and Rinku’s record-breaking partnership added 190 runs for the fifth wicket. This India’s most noteworthy association for any wicket in T20Is.
The past most elevated association in such manner was between Deepak Hooda and Sanju Samson (176 runs versus Ireland, 2022).
Nepal’s DS Airee and Kushal Malla previouslt held the record for the most elevated T20I represent the fifth wicket or underneath (145 versus Hong Kong, 2023).
A gander at the match rundown
India lost four speedy wickets, batting first. Fareed Ahmad sent back three hitters. Rohit and Rinku drove India past 200.
Accordingly, Afghanistan openers Gurbaz and Zadran added 93 runs. Naib and Mohammad Nabi took over in the center overs before the previous scored 19 in the last finished.
The match was chosen by two Super Overs, with India safeguarding 11 in the second.