The Indian captain Rohit Sharma is on the verge of sensational achievement during the three T20I match series against Afghanistan. Star batter would become the first batter to feature in 150 T20I matches for Team India.
He has been named as the captain of the Indian team for the 3-match T20I series against Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma returned to Men in Blue during the shortest format after a gap of 14 months. The Indian captain played his last T20I match during the semi-finals of ICC T20 World 2022 played at Adelaide.
Rohit Sharma returned to the toss as the fans at PCA Stadium, Mohali enjoyed his return in the first T20I match on Thursday. He won the toss and decided to field first. It was a good bowling display as Axar Patel was the pick of bowlers with 2 for 23 while Arshdeep Singh grabbed 1 wicket. The Indian captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed as involved in a mix-up with Gill.
Shivam Dube scored a match-winning unbeaten 60 off 40 balls and helped India register a comfortable 7-wicket victory to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Tilak Varma, Shubman Gill, and Rinku Singh scored cameos that helped India register a comfortable win.
Rohit Sharma said after the game: “It was extremely cold. Now I am okay. When the ball hits the tip of the finger, it was sore. In the end, it was good. Lot of positives, we got a lot from this game, especially with the ball. Wasn’t the easiest of conditions. Our spinners bowled really well and the seamers also did the job as well. These things happen (on the run-out). When it happens you feel frustrated, you want to be out there and score runs for the team. Everything will not go your way. We won the game, that’s more important.”
“I wanted Gill to carry on, unfortunately got out after playing a very good little innings. Lot of positives. Shivam Dube, the way Jitesh batted, Tilak as well and then Rinku is in good form as well. We want to keep trying different things – try and bowl our bowlers in different situations of the game, like you saw today, Washi bowled the 19th over. We want to challenge ourselves in the areas we are slightly uncomfortable with and the bowlers are not used to that. We want to try and do that. Keeping all of those things in mind, we’ll try and do whatever is possible but not at the cost of the game. We want to make sure that we come out on top and play the game well. All in all, today was a good day for us,” he again shared.
The list of players to feature in 150 T20I matches.
- Rohit Sharma (India)- 149
- Paul Stirling (Ireland)- 134
- Geroge Dockrell (Ireland)- 128
- Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)- 124
- Martin Guptill (New Zealand)- 122
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