Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott revealed that there was a clear lack of communication between the players and officials.
Drama, suspense and more drama. That’s how one can sum up the final half an hour of Wednesday’s 3rd T20I between India and Afghanistan. A dead rubber that was considered nothing more than an afterthought after India had wrapped up the series, ended up being the most enthralling of all games and soared above expectation. With nothing to separate the two teams, the match went down to the wire, eventually requiring two Super Overs to determine the winner.
Super Overs are already exciting enough, and when you add one more to it, chaos is ensured. When both teams managed 16 each after the first Super Over, everyone from captains to umpires wore a clueless look on their faces. So much so that even during the first Super Over, when Rohit Sharma deliberately retired himself so that Rinku Singh, with fresh legs, could run and take a single isn’t hit, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott was left bemused.
After the match got over and India secured a 3-0 sweep is when things calmed down and the Afghanistan coach realised that he and everyone else at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium had witnessed something epic.(HT)