36 Runs In An Over, 2 Tie Breaks: Why India vs Afghanistan 3rd T20I Was A Historic One

Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh mayhem ruled the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru as India edged Afghanistan in a humdinger on Wednesday. The duo broke a plethora of records en route to their unbeaten 190-run stand in the 3rd and final T20I of the series. India weren't in the best of position when Rinku came out to bat, having lost 4 batters at the score of 22 runs but the duo remained unbeaten till the end of the innings, guiding the team to a total of 212 runs, capping off the innings by scoring 36 runs in the final over.

Rohit slammed 121 runs off 69 balls with 11 fours and eight sixes while on the other hand, Rinku played an unbeaten knock of 69 runs from 39 balls with two fours and six sixes in his innings.

Full List of Records India shattered in double Super Over win against Afghanistan in 3rd T20I:

Rohit and Rinku stitched together an unbeaten partnership of 190 runs against Afghanistan.

India captain Rohit Sharma's 121* is the highest for the captain in the shortest format for India, but the fourth-highest individual score for India in T20Is. The list is led by Shubman Gill.

The third T20I saw India posting the highest total for a team after being four down for 25 or less, reaching 212/4. The previous best was by the USA against Ireland in Lauderhill in 2021.

The duo of Rinku Singh and Rohit Sharma helped India score 36 runs in the final over of the match, courtesy of a no-ball. Only Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard had earlier scored 36 runs each, for India against England (vs Stuart Broad in Durban in 2007) and for West Indies against Sri Lanka (vs Akila Dananjaya in Coolidge in 2021), respectively.

Despite over 15 matches ending in a tie since the multiple Super Over rule came into existence after the 2019 ODI