IND Vs AFG: Rohit Sharma made an unwanted record in his name, the first Indian captain to do so

Rohit Sharma India vs Afghanistan: Rohit returned to the pavilion in this match without opening his account. With this, he has become the Indian captain who has been out on zero the most number of times in T20 cricket. This was the fifth time in 52 innings that Rohit has been out for a duck.

The first match of the three-match T20 series being played between India and Afghanistan was played on Thursday. In this match played at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, regular captain Rohit Sharma returned to T20 cricket after 14 months. But this comeback did not prove to be good for him and he has made a shameful record in his name.

In this match, India performed well and defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets. But captain Rohit Sharma could not do anything special and was run out due to a mistake by fellow opener Shubman Gill. Rohit returned to the pavilion in this match without opening his account. With this, he has become the Indian captain who has been out on zero the most number of times in T20 cricket. This was the fifth time in 52 innings that Rohit has been out for a duck. If we talk about other Indian captains, it has happened only four times in 147 innings when the Indian captain has been out on zero.

Apart from this, Rohit has also become the Indian batsman who has been out on zero the most number of times in T20. This is the 11th time in International T20 that Rohit has been out on zero. Rohit has been out on 0 for the 32nd time for India. KL Rahul's name comes after Rohit in this list. Rahul has returned to the pavilion five times in International T20 without opening the account. Apart from these two, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Washington Sundar have been out on zero four times each.

On the very second ball of the first over against Afghanistan, Rohit played a shot at mid-off and ran for runs. Danger End was Rohit's and the call was also Rohit's. But Gill did not come out of his crease, due to which Rohit also got caught at the non-striker's end and was run out. After this Rohit got angry at Gill and became furious. On the way to the pavilion, the captain scolded Gill.

Talking about the match, Afghanistan, batting first, scored 158 runs after losing five wickets in 20 overs with the help of Mohammad Nabi's explosive innings. In response, India achieved this target by losing four wickets in 17.3 overs with the help of Shivam Dubey's stormy half-century.

For Afghanistan, Nabi scored 42 runs with the help of three sixes and two fours in 27 balls. The best bowling for India was all-rounder Akshar Patel and fast bowler Mukesh Kumar took two wickets each. In the second innings, Shivam Dubey played an unbeaten inning of 60 runs in 40 balls for India. Apart from them, Tilak Verma contributed 26 runs in 22 balls and Jitesh Sharma contributed 31 runs in 20 balls. Mujeeb ur Rahman got two wickets for Afghanistan.