Rohit Sharma’s Switch-Hit Six Leaves Fans And Commentators Stunned During third T20I Against Afghanistan – Watch | Cricket News

Indian cricket crew Rohit Sharma slammed a file fifth century to information his aspect to a hard-fought victory over Afghanistan within the third T20I encounter in Bengaluru on Wednesday. It was a trademark innings from the veteran batter who showcased the complete vary of his explosive batting and his knock consisted 11 fours and eight huge sixes. One of the photographs that left each followers and commentators shocked was a switch-hit six off the bowling of Sharafuddin Ashraf. During the twelfth over of the match, Rohit pulled off a spectacular swap off the spinner’s bowling to ship the ball flying into the stands over deep backward level.

After the match, Rohit instructed JioCinema in regards to the secret behind his shot.

“I’ve been practicing that shot a lot. You have to play these shots if you want to put pressure on the bowler, when the ball is spinning and you can’t hit straight. That’s when you have to try something different. I’ve been practicing the sweep and reverse-sweep for the last two years,” stated Rohit.

“I played the shot a couple of times in Test cricket. You should have options and it’s up to you how to use those options. The ball was spinning and gripping, so I thought it would be better to play with the spin rather than hitting it straight,” he added.

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The India captain turned the primary batsman to hit 5 T20 worldwide tons as his unbeaten 121 off 69 balls powered the hosts to 212-4 in Bengaluru after they’d slipped to 22-4.

But Afghanistan put up a spirited response as Gulbadin Naib hit an unbeaten 55 off 23 balls to steer his aspect to 212-6, taking two off the ultimate supply to stage the scores.

The Super Over was additionally tied after Afghanistan made 16 and India received the identical rating because the state of affairs introduced again recollections of the 2019 50-over World Cup remaining between England and New Zealand.

The remaining on the Lord’s had ended stage even after the Super Over and England received the trophy on a larger variety of boundaries, prompting a rule change.

India made 11-2 within the second Super Over with Rohit scoring all of the runs off the opening three balls. Indian spinner Ravi Bishnoi conceded only one run and picked up two wickets to seal the sport.

(With AFP inputs)