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T20 World Cup 2024: Shaheen Afridi got Indian captain Rohit Sharma's wicket but conceded a six off the third ball he bowled in the first over.
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Indian skipper Rohit Sharma broke Shaheen Afridi’s streak of not conceding a six in the first over of his T20 World Cup career. Rohit smashed a six off the third ball Afridi bowled. The left-arm pacer pitched it up and Rohit flicked it for a maximum towards deep square leg.
This is Shaheen’s 15th game in T20 World Cups. He has been lethal with the no ball. Also, his economy rate is under seven runs per over.
Afridi gets his revenge
In the first over, Afridi conceded eight runs. He bowled four dot balls. After rain played spoilsport, Afridi in his second over troubled Rohit. On the third ball, the edged did not carry. On the fourth ball, Rohit went for a flick shot but the ball stopped on him a little. He got caught by Haris Rauf at square leg. The opener departed after scoring 13 runs from 12 balls.
Earlier, Babar Azam won the toss and opted to field first at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. After the rain interruption, Naseem Shah got the wicket of Virat Kohli with a short ball. Kohli departed after scoring just four runs from three balls. Later, Naseem dismissed Axar Patel as well who got a promotion up the order and scored 20 runs from 18 balls.
Rohit’s records against Pakistan in T20Is
Rohit does not have a good record against Pakistan in T20Is. He has 127 runs from 11 innings at an average of 14.11 and a strike rate of 117.59.
Rohit surpasses Jayawardene
In addition, Rohit moved up on the list of leading run-scorer in T20 World Cups. He has scored 1,028 runs from 41 games at an average of 35.44 including 10 fifties. He surpassed former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene who has 1,016 runs at an average of 39.07 including one century and six fifties.
What Rohit said at coin toss
“Would've bowled first too. We need to assess how conditions play and come up with an idea of what a good score is. Those games have helped us assess conditions here. We've spoken about what we need to do as a batting unit to get a good score and then we've got the bowling unit to defend. Every game is important in a World Cup, you can't just show up. Anything can happen. We're sticking to the same XI,” said the 36-year-old after losing the toss.
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