India vs Afghanistan ODI Match Today Live Score: It’s been almost a year since he has taken up the ODI job and Shubman Gill will finally have the chance to earn his first series win as captain in Lucknow this evening.
As clinical as it gets, India’s return to the ODI format, albeit in half the time in a curtailed 25-over game in Dharamsala was polished by Gill’s mature batting in a 195-run chase. The captain is fast becoming India’s batting heard and mind in the longer formats. While he carved a century in the one-off Test, Gill returned an unbeaten 84 to seal a largely spotless chase three nights ago.
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The only blemish may have been Rohit Sharma’s pale return. After copping a blow on his finger first up, the 39-year-old returned a few boundaries before being run out on his comeback. Rohit will be keen to turn it around in Lucknow with questions hanging over his future and potential retirement from international altogether. Can the Hitman turn around the clock today?
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