New Delhi. Thanks to the stormy century of opener Abhishek Sharma and half-century of Sanju Samson, India has set a target of 222 runs to win against Afghanistan in the third and last T20 International.
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Thursday. India scored 221 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs thanks to Abhishek’s 108 runs and Sanju’s 50 runs.
Abhishek Sharma looked in a different mood today. He hit 4 fours and 4 sixes in the first three overs. India completed its 50 runs in 3.3 overs, which was the fastest 50 runs in the series, India had completed 50 runs in 4.2 overs in the first T20 and 4.4 overs in the second T20.
Sanju Samson also got a lease of life on the third ball of the fifth over, when Ibrahim Zadran dropped his catch on Nabi’s ball.
At that time Sanju was playing after scoring 22 runs, with the missed catch, Sanju took 1 run and also completed his 9000 runs in T-20 cricket.
However, Abhishek completed his half-century by hitting a six on the very next ball. Abhishek completed 50 runs in 16 balls and hit 5 fours and 5 sixes. 29 runs were scored in this over of Nabi.
India hit 10 sixes in power play
At the end of the power play, India completed its 100 runs. During this, Indian batsmen hit 8 fours and 10 sixes. Abhishek hit 8 fours and 7 sixes, while Sanju Samson hit 3 sixes.
Abhishke Sharma scored the fastest T20 International century against test cricket playing countries. Abhishek completed his century in only 30 balls. During this, he hit 9 fours and 10 sixes.
However, after scoring a century, Abhishek could not take his innings very far and in the 10th over, at a total score of 142, Rashid Khan ended his innings by getting caught by wicketkeeper Gurbaz. Abhishek scored 108 runs on 34 balls. He hit 11 sixes and 9 fours.
After Abhishek’s dismissal, Tilak Verma also scored 2 runs and was run out on a direct throw from Rashid Khan in the 12th over.
Sanju Samson also returned to the pavilion after completing his half-century in the 14th over with a total score of 164. Sanju Samson scored 50 runs in 35 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes.
Sanju was caught out by Azmatullah Omarzai at the hands of Rashid Khan. Omarzai also made Shivam Dubey his victim in the 16th over with a total score of 186. Shivam scored 14 runs in 10 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six.
India completed its 200 runs in the 17th over. ——–India scored 201 runs for 4 wickets at the end of 17 overs. With the total score of 205 in the 18th over, Gurbaz ran out Ishan Kishan on his direct throw.
Ishaan scored 10 runs on 8 balls with the help of 1 four. Abdullah Ahmadzai gave the sixth blow to India by getting Nitish Reddy caught by Noor Ahmed on the total score of 206 in the 19th over.
Nitish scored 1 run. On the fourth ball of the 20th over, Ibrahim Zadran gave the seventh blow to India by running out Shreyas Iyer on a direct throw. Iyer scored 29 runs in 20 balls.
For Afghanistan, Azmatullah Omarzai took 2 wickets, Rashid Khan and Abdullah Ahmadzai took 1 wicket each. While 3 Indian batsmen were run out.