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[Watch] Rohit Sharma & Rinku Singh Blast Karim Janat For 36 Runs In An Over

image-lrhyrsgrRohit Sharma and Rinku Singh shared 190 runs together (BCCI)

Rinku Singh unfurled his magnum opus score for India in their time of crisis against Afghanistan in the third and final T20I of their three-match series. Arriving at the crease at 22-4, the hard-hitting radical scorched Afghanistan's high-flying attack with a sizzling 39-ball 69*.

Rinku shared a record-shattering 190-run partnership with captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma, who himself pumped out a career-best 121* from just 69 balls. 

Their collective death-overs batting bombardment rushed Team India to a colossal 212-4 by the end of their 20 overs as they sought to complete a 3-0 whitewash over their guests at Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Remarkably, the two added 36 of their 190 partnership runs during the final over of the innings, with Rinku himself blasting three sixes in succession off Afghanistan speedster Karim Janat.


Watch: Rohit-Rinku go berserk with 36-run over

Rohit Sharma raced to his fifth T20I ton in the penultimate over of the Indian innings by clubbing Azmatullah Omarzai for a boundary towards point. 

A couple of deliveries later in the same over, Rinku Singh attained his own milestone by completing his second T20I half-century, reaching the figure off just 36 balls.

With Team India reaching 176-4 by the end of their 19 overs, both Sharma and Rinku blasted 36 runs from the final six balls of the innings to take their side to 212-4. 

Watch: Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh flay Afghanistan with 36-run over

Taking Afghanistan seamer Karim Janat to the cleaners, Sharma crashed a boundary and successive sixes, including one off a no-ball from the first two legal deliveries of the over.

The dazzling opener then tagged Rinku to take over with a single, who, in turn, bludgeoned three consecutive maximums to finish off the Indian innings.

While Rohit Sharma eventually concluded his innings at an unbeaten 121 from just 69 balls, Rinku Singh listed his career-best 39-ball 69*. Earlier in the game, Team India slumped to 22-4 within their opening powerplay, courtesy of Fareed Ahmad’s triple strike and Azmatullah Omarzai’s timely breakthrough.