For the primary time for the reason that T20 World Cup in 2022, Rohit Sharma marked his comeback for India within the shortest format for the primary T20I towards Afghanistan in Mohali.
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Nevertheless, the Indian skipper’s return was reduce brief with the bat after a disastrous miscommunication with Shubman Gill on the non-striker’s finish noticed him dismissed with out scoring a run.
It occurred within the first over of India’s chase as Rohit performed the ball in the direction of mid-off which was saved by a diving Zadran. Rohit had already ran out of his crease and reached the non striker’s finish however Gill was caught ball watching and didn’t go away his finish. In the end, Rohit was the one who was run out and he exchanged just a few selection phrases with Gill earlier than strolling off with a disgusted look in his face. Right here’s the video:
Rohit gone for duck 😭#RohitSharma #Gill #IndvsAfg #INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/xpSGnreCm5
— Shubham Chand (@shubhamchand768) January 11, 2024
Gill, who went on to dispatch a few neat strokes, was additionally dismissed shortly afterwards as India went two down within the powerplay.
Earlier, Mohammad Nabi (42 off 27) and Najibullah Zadran (19 off 11) supplied ending touches as Afghanistan scored 158/5 after being put in to bat first by India. From the hosts, Mukesh Kumar and Axar Patel nabbed a few wickets every.
The continuing three-match sequence is the final set of video games India are enjoying forward of the T20 World Cup in June.