India beat Afghanistan after two Super Overs

BENGALURU, India (AP):

Rohit Sharma scored a record-breaking fifth Twenty20 (T20) hundred yesterday as India needed two Super Overs to beat Afghanistan and claim the three-match series 3-0.

Ravi Bishnoi picked two wickets in three balls of the second Super Over as Afghanistan faltered in their chase of India's 11-2, after Sharma had followed up his century by hitting a four and a six before being run out. In-between, Rinku Singh was caught behind.

In the first Super Over, India needed 17 runs off six balls. Sharma hit two sixes that time before retiring, but Yashaswi Jaiswal failed to score the two runs needed off the last ball as the match ended tied for a second time.

That was after Sharma smashed 121 not out off 69 balls for his fifth T20 hundred and highest T20 score to help India score 212 for four in 20 overs.

Rinku Singh scored 69 not out off 39 balls as the duo put on 190 runs off 95 balls for the fifth wicket - a T20 record for India.

Afghanistan put up a stunning chase, with their top three batters all scoring half-centuries, and finished with 212-6 in 20 overs.

Sharma hit 11 fours and eight sixes in his century, passing compatriot Suryakumar Yadav and Glenn Maxwell (Australia), who have four T20 hundreds each.

Overall, Sharma hit 11 sixes on the night, including those in the two Super Overs. Remarkably, he was out for consecutive ducks in the first two T20s.