Rohit Sharma was involved in all three of those wickets taken by Prasidh Krishna who used a similar line and length to draw the top 3 Afghani batters into extending their arms towards off-side and end up landing outside edges
Published: June 20, 2026, 3:41 PM IST
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India’s Prasidh Krishna celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz during the third ODI match between India and Afghanistan at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
Shubman Gill’s team India has started the series concluding 3rd ODI against Afghanistan in the best possible way and the man responsible for it is right-arm pacer Prasidh Krishna who bamboozled the Afghani top-order with his excellent seam bowling after the visitors won the toss and elected to bat first at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Afghanistan were put under immediate pressure by Prasidh Krishna’s pin-point bowling which saw the top-order vanish within a blink of an eye. The first three wickets that he took of Rahmanullah Gurbaz (5 off 7), Rahmat Shah (5 off 15) and Ibrahim Zadran (11 off 18) were absolutely identical.
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As a matter of fact, Rohit Sharma was involved in all three of those wickets taken by Prasidh Krishna who used a similar line and length to draw the top 3 Afghani batters into extending their arms towards off-side and end up landing outside edges.
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Rohit Sharma, who was standing at 1st slip, took the catches on all three occasions to reduce Afghanistan to a score of 28/3 within 7.2 overs. This was an unexpected partnership between Rohit and Prasidh Krishna which ultimately benefitted the Men in Blue.
Prasidh Krishna’s fiery opening spell also saw him take a 4th wicket when he led to the departure of number 5 Darwish Abdul Rasooli for just 1 run off 5 balls. He will be hoping to end his 10-over spell with a 5-wicket haul.
Meanwhile, after Afghanistan’s top-order collapse, skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai steadied the Afghani ship with their exceptional partnership.
At the time of writing, Shahidi had scored a half-century while Omarzai was just 3 runs away from his fifty with Afghanistan at 133/4 after 26 overs.
India Vs Afghanistan, 3rd ODI: Playing XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (C), Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harsh Dubey, Gurnoor Brar, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav
