IND vs AFG: Trott says “no idea” over Rohit’s tremendous over incident; Dravid performs down Nabi accumulating additional runs

Spread over 4 hours and half-hour, the third and closing T20I between India Afghanistan on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday didn’t simply witness intense cricketing motion, but in addition offered house for minor skirmishes and confusion.

The first was when Afghanistan’s Mohammed Nabi collected two additional runs within the first Super Over after the ball ricocheted off his leg from an underarm throw by India wicket-keeper Sanju Samson. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been irritated that it was not in good spirit, with Rohit even confronting Nabi, however to no avail.

India head coach Dravid, although, performed down the incident. “It’s part of the game,” he stated within the post-match presser. “You can run for those. In the first T20 [Mohali], there was an incident where it hit the bat of one of our batters and we ran a run as well. So nothing in the rules stops you.”

The second incident, nevertheless, is but to see such a closure. Rohit, after having batted within the first Super Over and seemingly retiring himself out with two runs wanted off one supply, was allowed to wield the willow within the second tie-breaker. According to the ICC’s enjoying situations, “any batsman dismissed in any previous Super Over shall be ineligible to bat in any subsequent Super Over.”

But there was hypothesis that Rohit had really “retired not out” and was thus eligible to play once more. According to the ICC rules, “if a batsman retires because of illness, injury or any other unavoidable cause, that batsman is entitled to resume his innings. If for any reason this does not happen, that batsman is to be recorded as ‘retired – not out’.”

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Rohit, nevertheless, appeared in no seen discomfort, and if he had another cause to stroll off, he might have been allowed again in solely with the consent of the rival captain. What additionally perplexed watchers was the truth that India’s first Super Over rating learn 16 for one. If Rohit had certainly “retired not out”, it ought to have been 16 for no loss.

It is pertinent to notice that Afghanistan needed medium pacer Azmatullah Omarzai, who had bowled the primary Super Over, to bowl the second too, however had to decide on somebody totally different, in keeping with ICC guidelines.

“I have no idea,” stated Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan head coach, when requested concerning the Rohit episode. “Has there ever been two Super Overs? It’s sort of new. We keep setting these new rules and we keep testing the guidelines.”