The Afghanistan T20 series has concluded. Team India defeated the visitors by a margin of six wickets. Indian bowlers performed admirably. After a 14-month absence, Indian captain Rohit Sharma returned to the T20 format. In the second innings, Rohit Sharma was out due to a misunderstanding with Shubman Gill. After the game, the Indian captain addressed the issue.
The West Indies and the United States will host the T20 World Cup in June. Team India is now playing the final T20 series with Afghanistan before the global championship. The Indian bowlers performed admirably in the first T20 match. They completely dominated the opposing batters. They struck out 158 Afghan batsmen.
While chasing a 159-run mark, skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill came in to open the batting. The second ball of the first over rattled India’s second innings start. The opening over was bowled by Ibrahim Zadran. Rohit sacrificed his wicket at the expense of a miscommunication with Gill. Rohit walked down to the pitch as the bowler bowled the delivery. He took the ball half-volley and hammered it to the right of midfield.
Zadran made a huge dive and stopped the ball. Then Rohit kept running and called Gill, but he was nowhere to be seen. This misunderstanding provided Afghanistan with its first victory. The Indian captain was dismissed for a duck after returning to the T20 format. That was a major victory for Afghanistan.
Every strikeout is aggravating for the batter. Rohit Sharma experienced the same situation. He was furious as he walked away from the pitch. But after the game, he addressed the issue. “I wanted Shubman Gill to continue,” he explained. He played a lovely little hand. These things happen, and it’s perfectly fine.”
India won the match by a margin of six wickets. Every player did their utmost to contribute. Shivam, however, stood out from the crowd. He returned to the team after a long absence and performed admirably as an all-rounder. He handed up 9 runs and one wicket in two overs of bowling. He was effortless with the bat. He hit an undefeated 60-run knock in 40 balls. He hammered 5 boundaries and 2 over-boundaries in this superb innings.
