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Former India batter Suresh Raina praised skipper Rohit Sharma and hailed him as the ‘GOAT’. Raina reacted to Sharma’s post after the third T20I clash against Afghanistan. Sharma posted his career-best T20I score by hammering 121* runs from 69 balls, with the help of 11 fours and eight sixes. Not only this, but he also added 190 runs with Rinku Singh for the fifth wicket and created a new record for the highest partnership for India in the T20I format.
The action then got dragged to Super Overs, where the visitors made 16 runs in one over bowled by Mukesh Kumar, and India levelled the score as Rohit scored 13, further stretching the game to the second Super Over. The Indian skipper emerged as the star of the night and maintained a strike rate of 175 throughout the night. After the match, Sharma took to Instagram and posted a few pictures from the game.
Sharma captioned the post, “Loved it.” Former India cricketer Suresh Raina replied to the post and hailed Sharma as the ‘Goat’. Raina commented, “Goat for a reason well done skipper” Taking about the game, despite being the top scorer for his side, the 36-year-old was involved in a controversy. The controversy happened because the skipper came out to bat again in the second Super Over after batting in the first one.
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He was awarded Player of the Match, and after the match, he said, “Creating the partnership was important and we (Rinku and I) kept talking to each other to not lose that intent in big games and it was a good game for us to be in, the pressure was there and was important to bat long and deep and not compromise on the intent we want to show. In the last couple of series that he played, he showed what he can do with the bat. Very calm and knows his strength pretty well.”
