Following a fruitless first super over, Rohit turned the ball over to Ravi Bishnoi, who took just three deliveries to eliminate both batsmen and preserve India’s 11-run lead.
In their third Twenty20 International triumph over Afghanistan, India’s head coach Rahul Dravid commended captain Rohit Sharma for following his instincts and giving the ball to the spinner, as well as Ravi Bishnoi for his outstanding performance in the second super over. Witnesses to India’s third Twenty20 International match against Afghanistan were gripped from beginning to end. Afghanistan’s tremendous effort to reach the 213 target forced a super over in the contest.
“In the end, it’s just a straightforward choice, no tricks or tactics.” I believe that Rohit followed his instincts and chose Bishnoi. I believe he thought there was a potential for the spinner to get two wickets. On that particular day, eleven was probably not a very good score.
“It was one of those games where you knew if they batted six balls with their power, they’d probably score 12 runs,” Dravid stated in the post-match news conference.
When the first super over failed to produce a result, Rohit threw the ball to the spinner, who needed only three balls to eliminate both hitters and protect India’s 11-run total.”So you needed to take two wickets, which I believe was a wonderful decision by the captain because he could have gone for two sixes. But I felt Bishnoi was amazing because he bowled two superb balls; he just kept the length back and dragged the length back; if the length had been slightly fuller, the way they were batting, it would have gone for a six on a little pitch. “Rohit made a really good gut call to go for wickets and be more positive and aggressive than the safer option that people would have expected,” Dravid remarked.
