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Many exciting moments were seen in the third and final T20 match played between India and Afghanistan on January 17 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The result of the match came out after two super overs. In the end, Team India registered a thrilling victory in the second super over.
Many criticized Rohit Sharma and the umpires after the India captain batted in the second Super Over after being retired in the first Super Over. Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra, who was a part of the commentary panel, also gave his stand on the matter and made a surprising statement.
Akash Chopra gave a big statement regarding Rohit Sharma
He said that the opening batsman should not be allowed to bat. Chopra, 46, said it was a wrong decision. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said that, “Rohit Sharma retired out. Retired Hurt means that there is an external injury on the field of play and the umpire allows you to bat again.
Retiring out means that your innings is over, you cannot bat again. So as soon as he went out, I said in the commentary that he cannot come to bat. This was done because he had lost his wicket. Rinku Singh and Rohit Sharma came back and I thought it was wrong. Rohit Sharma should not have been allowed to bat.
Aakash Chopra further gave his statement regarding India’s decision to call Sanju Samson as the third batsman after the dismissal of Rinku Singh in the second super over. The former cricketer said that, since left-arm bowler Farid Ahmed was bowling at that time, the team management should have sent Shivam Dubey to bat instead of Sanju Samson.
The former opener further said, “When Rinku was out, Sanju Samson came and I was surprised. Nothing against Sanju but he was already out for a duck on the first ball. He did not get a chance to bat much as he was out on the very first ball.
Shivam Dubey was sitting outside and you did not send him. Farid Ahmed was bowling. Dubey has also played left arm fast ball. I was surprised. We scored only 11 runs. In fact, we didn’t even play the full six balls, we got out on the fifth ball itself.”
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