17 January,2024 07:12 PM IST | Bengaluru | mid-day online correspondent
Rohit Sharma (L) and his teammate Shubman Gill (C) run between the wickets during the first T20 (Pic: AFP)
IND vs AFG 3rd T20I live updates: India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan as they look to sweep the series in the third Twenty20 international in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The hosts, who took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, will play their final T20 before the T20 World Cup in June.
They have made three changes with wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson, fast bowler Avesh Khan and left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav included in the team. Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran said he would have opted to bowl had he won the toss as the tourists look for a consolation win.
The Afghans have got in Qais Ahmad, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Saleem Saifi and Fareed Ahmad Malik.
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India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (capt), Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (capt), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Fareed Ahmad Malik
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson/ Jitesh Sharma (wk), Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav/Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (C), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad/Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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Wicket-keeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batsmen: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hazratullah Zazai, Yashasvi Jaiswal
All-rounders: Mohammad Nabi, Axar Patel, Azmatullah Omarzai
Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman
India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first against Afghanistan in the third and final T20 on Wednesday.
8:44 PM: 176/4 (19 Overs)
Rohit Sharma topscored with 121 runs off 69 balls. He has smashed his fifth T20 hundred which is also the highest number in international cricket in this format.
8:32 PM: 144/4 (17 Overs)
Sharma is batting on 80 off 57 balls and it is raining sixes at the moment.
8:02 PM: 65/4 (11 Overs)
The pitch at Chinnaswamy favours the team chasing, so India will surely look for a big total with Rohit and Rinku batting in the middle.
7:49 PM: 34/4 (7 Overs)
Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh in the middle have to carry their team out of trouble now. Afghanistan look to keep it as tight as possible.
7:30 PM: 26/4 (5.3 overs)
India in troubled waters and Sanju Samson will not be pleased after taking on the short ball in the very first delivery he faced. India on the backfoot.
