India have outplayed Afghanistan in second super over by 10 runs in the final match of the T20 series at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first, posting 212 for the loss of four wickets.
The India skipper became the first batsman to hit five T20 International tons as he scored an unbeaten 121 off 69 balls.
But Afghanistan put up a spirited show as Gulbadin Naib smashed an unbeaten 55 off 23 balls to steer his side to 212/6, taking two off the final delivery to level the scores.
The super over was also tied, with each side making 16 — a situation that brought back memories of the 2019 50-over World Cup final between England and New Zealand.
India made 11/1 in the second super over, with Rohit scoring all the runs off the opening three balls.
Indian spinner Ravi Bishnoi conceded just one run and picked up two wickets to seal the game.
Earlier, Rohit struck 11 fours and eight sixes and put on 190 runs with Rinku Singh, who hit 69 not out off 39 balls.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran scored 50 each to put on 93 runs for the first wicket and set up the chase.
Mohammad Nabi smashed a quickfire 34 to keep his side in the hunt. He plundered 18 runs off the final over from fast bowler Mukesh Kumar to tie the match.
Rohit went past Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and Suryakumar Yadav – both with four T20 tons.
Sixes rained down in the final five overs when Indian batters plundered 103 runs.
Rohit and the left-handed Rinku smashed 36 off the final over, which included a six off a no-ball.
Left-arm quick Fareed Ahmad Malik returned figures of 3/20 and caused early damage with the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (four), Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson, both removed for first-ball ducks.
Rohit rebuilt the innings and then tore into the opposition attack as he surpassed his previous T20 best of 118.
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