Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, No run.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, Pitches it right up on off and middle, Rohit Sharma shows the full face of the bat and defends it on the front foot.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Cut and cut really hard! Just a fraction short and wide, Rohit Sharma latches onto the width and slaps it away past point for a boundary.
Fareed Ahmad to Rinku Singh, On a good length and angling into the right-hander, Rinku Singh defends it back to the bowler. An end of a successful over from Fareed Ahmad.
Fareed Ahmad to Rinku Singh, Holds on the nagging length and a bit short, Rinku Singh looks to tuck it away towards square leg but he is hit on the pads. A bit of yes or no from the batters and they decide to abort the run.
Fareed Ahmad to Rinku Singh, Back of a length and around off, Rinku Singh pushes it towards cover.
Rinku Singh is the new man in.
Fareed Ahmad to Sanju Samson, OUT! CAUGHT! Sanju Samson departs on a golden duck and India are four down on just 22! Short ball into the pitch, Sanju Samson goes for a big one right away and loses his shape completely on that one, and gets a leading edge which flies straight in front Mohammad Nabi who is stationed at covers and he takes a good grab. India are reeling at the moment as Fareed Ahmad picks up his third wicket.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length again around off, Rohit Sharma steers it to third man for a single.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Short and on off, Rohit Sharma looks to pull but misses.
Sanju Samson walks out to bat with India in a spot of bother.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Shivam Dube, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Shivam Dube departs now! India are rocked early! Back of a length and Azmatullah Omarzai gets this one to move further away outside off, Shivam Dube looks to defend it but gets an outside edge which flies to the left of Rahmanullah Gurbaz who takes a fine catch behind the wickets. Dube perishes cheaply and Afghanistan are right on the top of proceedings now.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, In the air...and safe! No timing at all on that one. Length delivery into the pitch and right into the slot of Rohit, he looks to go over the mid-wicket boundary and ends up hitting on the bottom half of the blade and the ball lobs up in the air but lands in the safe zone somewhere over mid on. They cross for a single.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, Another one on a hard length with a hint of an outswing after pitching, Rohit Sharma stands tall and hits it straight to cover.
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Azmatullah Omarzai to Shivam Dube, Bowls on a tight length on the pads and does not give him any room, Shivam Dube looks to flick it but misses and ends up getting hit on the pads. They cross for a leg-bye single.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Shivam Dube, On a back of a length angling into the batter again, Shivam Dube looks to work it towards leg side but gets a thud on his pads.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Shivam Dube, Over the wicket and on a hard length which swings into the batter, Shivam Dube defends it to mid off.
Fareed Ahmad to Shivam Dube, Onto the pads on a back of a length, Shivam Dube gets off the mark nudging it away to backward square leg for a single.
Fareed Ahmad to Shivam Dube, On a back of a length outside off, Shivam Dube defends it to mid off.
Shivam Dube walks in to face the hat-trick delivery.
Fareed Ahmad to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! Would you believe it? Virat departs on the first ball and there's a pin drop silence at Chinnaswamy! Bowls it on a hard length that sits up a bit, Virat Kohli is hurried into the shot and looks to pull it away. He ends up getting it off the higher part of the bat as the ball lobs straight up in the air and Ibrahim Zadran takes a crucial catch at mid off moving to his right. Virat Kohli is dejected and so are the fans at Chinnaswamy as they see their icon departing on a golden duck. India struggling at the moment.
Virat Kohli walks in at number 3.
Fareed Ahmad to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! CAUGHT! That's a brilliant catch from Mohammad Nabi in the deep and India lose their first wicket. Bowls on a nagging length around middle and leg corridor, Yashasvi Jaiswal gets in position to smash it away over the leg side but does not get enough wood on it and ends up slicing it a bit. The ball stays in the air for a fair bit of time. Mohammad Nabi settles under it and takes a good grab around the mid-wicket region. Yashasvi Jaiswal departs early.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Pace off a bit on that one and on a back of a length at the stump line, Rohit Sharma tucks it away nicely to mid-wicket for a single.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! And it's from Rohit's willow! This is pitched around middle and off on a back of a length and angling away, Rohit Sharma stands tall and gets enough wood on it and carves it to the deep backward point region for a boundary.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Short and nipping away from off, Yashasvi Jaiswal stays rooted in the crease and punches it towards covers off the back foot.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Pitches this one on a nagging length again around middle-leg, Yashasvi Jaiswal gets on top of the ball and hits it straight to the point fielder. Still couldn't find the gap there.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Slides away after pitching on the off stump channel on a good length, Yashasvi Jaiswal slashes it towards point.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, A bit of an outswing on offer on a good length outside off, Rohit Sharma finally gets off the mark with a dab towards the third man region with a single.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Rohit Sharma, Another dot. Azmatullah Omarzai bowls on a nagging length which moves into the right-hander from off, Rohit Sharma comfortably flicks it towards short mid-wicket.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Starts off with a hint of an inward movement on a good length in front of the middle stump, Yashasvi Jaiswal tucks it away towards square leg for a single.
Azmatullah Omarzai to bowl from the other end. Also, while changing ends, Rohit Sharma asks the umpire whether he gave the first boundary off the thigh pad as there was bat involved and the skipper even jokes about how he has got two ducks in the last two outings.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Ends with a back of a length ball outside off, Rohit Sharma looks to lap it but misses.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, FOUR LEG BYES! Still not off the mark there. Bowls on a nagging length angling down leg, Rohit Sharma misses on the glance and it wears on his thigh pads to the fine leg fence for another leg bye boundary.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Play and a miss! Back of a length again and angling away after pitching, Rohit Sharma looks to defend on the front foot and misses it through to the keeper.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length around off, Rohit Sharma steers it down to the point region.
Fareed Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, FOUR LEG BYES! On a good length angling into the pads, Rohit Sharma looks to flick it away to the leg side but gets thud on the pads and the ball ricochets and runs away to the fence for four leg-byes. The replays show that there was an inside edge and Sharma is a bit unlucky to still not have gotten off the mark in the series.
Fareed Ahmad to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Finds the gap straightaway! Starts off with a short delivery outside off, Yashasvi Jaiswal rides on the bounce and pierces the gap between cover and point, the fielder in the deep slides and does well to save one run for the team.
All in readiness for the game to begin! The two umpires are out in the middle and so are the two Indian openers, skipper Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Fareed Ahmad has the new ball in hand and will get proceedings underway here. Let's play...
Ibrahim Zadran, the captain of Afghanistan says that they would have bowled first and will look to execute their plans. Adds that so far there have been a lot of positives from this series and they will try to have a good one. Adds that they have made as many as four changes with Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Noor Ahmad not playing.
The Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma says that they will bat first as they have bowled in the first two games and now they want to try different things. It has nothing to do with the pitch and they want to try out different combinations and test the bench strength. It has been a good series and it's another good opportunity for them to end the series on a positive note. Ends by informing that Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Jitesh Sharma are out and Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav and Avesh Khan are in.
Afghanistan (Playing XI) - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran (C), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf (In for Mujeeb Ur Rahman), Qais Ahmad (In for Noor Ahmad), Mohammad Saleem (On T20 debut) (In for Naveen-ul-Haq), Fareed Ahmad (In for Fazalhaq Farooqi).
India (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson (WK) (In for Jitesh Sharma), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav (In for Axar Patel), Avesh Khan (In for Arshdeep Singh), Mukesh Kumar.
TOSS - The flip of the coin lands in favor of India and Rohit Sharma has opted to BAT first.
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With the series already in the bag, India will be eager to perfect their freshly-baked T20 template as a team and hope that skipper Rohit Sharma's bat finally fires when they face Afghanistan in the dead rubber.
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