Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that Rohit Sharma should not have been permitted to bat in the second Super Over of the third T20I between India and Afghanistan, played at M Chinnaswamy stadium.
Rohit Sharma retired before the final ball of the first Super Over in the recent T20I between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru on January 17. Despite this, he was permitted to bat in the second Super Over and played a crucial role in India’s victory.
Aakash Chopra expressed his opinion in a YouTube video and said that the match officials should not have allowed the Indian Skipper to participate in the second Super Over.
The renowned commentator said,”Rohit Sharma was retired out. Retired hurt means there should be an external injury on the field of play and there the umpires allow you to bat again. Retired out means your innings is over, you cannot come back again.”
So as soon as he went out, I said on commentary that he cannot come to bat. It’s done because he had lost his wicket. Rinku Singh and Rohit Sharma came back and I thought it was wrong. Rohit Sharma shouldn’t have been allowed to bat according to the rules,” the former India opener added.
In this match while batting first India posted a total of 212 runs at the loss of four wickets. Chasing the target, the Afghan batters showed their sheer potential and tied the match scoring the same runs at the loss of six wickets.
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In the first super over played between the two teams, Afganistani batter scored 16 runs which was equalled by the Indians batter.
In the second super over, India put on a target of 12 runs after which Afghanistan team lost their two wickets scoring 10 runs and India won the match clinching the series 3-0.
