Thanks to Prasidh Krishna’s lethal bowling (5 wickets) and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century and Rohit Sharma’s half-century, India won the third ODI by 9 wickets. In the third ODI played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Afghanistan team was all out for 218 runs in 44.2 overs after playing first. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi played a century innings for the visiting team. In response, Team India won the match in 21.2 overs. Also wiped out Afghanistan in the three-match series. India won this series 3-0.
Chasing the target of 219 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal played a match-winning inning of unbeaten 110 runs in 86 balls for India. 14 fours and three sixes came from his bat. Whereas Rohit Sharma scored a quick 79 runs in 69 balls. Hitman hit 9 fours and three sixes. Along with Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer returned unbeaten on 20 runs with the help of two sixes in 19 balls. Before this, the famous Krishna did wonders in bowling. He took five wickets for just 23 runs.
India won the first series under the captaincy of Shubman Gill.
Team India wiped out Afghanistan in the three-match series. India won this series 3-0. Team India has won the first series under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. In such a situation, this series becomes special in many ways. Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna took five wickets in the third ODI. This is his first five wicket haul in ODI cricket.
In this match, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and decided to bat first. Afghanistan’s top order was completely shattered by the deadly bowling of Prasidh Krishna. He took the first 4 wickets in the powerplay itself. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (5), Ibrahim Zadran (11), Rahmat Shah (5) and Abdul Rasooli (1) were out cheaply, after which Shahidi played a memorable innings.
After 4 wickets fell at 36, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Umarzai made an important partnership of 105 runs. Shahidi played a strong inning of 102 runs in 131 balls with the help of 1 six and 13 fours. This was his first century in ODI cricket. With the wicket of Shahidi, Prasidh Krishna completed the five wicket haul. In this way, Afghanistan had scored 218 runs after playing first.
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