Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan score centuries as India win series against Afghanistan

[p]Gill and Kishan added 224 runs for ‌the third wicket as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a] scored 402 after being put in to bat first in Lucknow. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/afghanistan/fPvTErSo/"]‌Afghanistan[/a] could [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/afghanistan-fPvTErSo/india-fcOzl2uI/?mid=xxujWvnf"]only reach 232-9 in reply[/a], with Darwish Rasooli retiring ‌hurt.[/p][p]After Yashasvi Jaiswal (4) fell early and Rohit Sharma (48) was bowled by Rashid Khan (3-48), ‌Gill and Kishan kept the runs flowing, punishing the Afghan bowlers ‌through the middle overs.[/p][p]When India neared the 200-run mark, the two batters upped the tempo, scoring 121 runs in nine overs to get India to 307-2 after 36 overs. ‌Gill and Kishan both completed their centuries with ⁠boundaries in the 33rd over, while ‌collecting 21 runs from Bilal Sami.[/p][p]But spinner Nangeyalia Kharote (4-76) limited the damage, getting both ​of them out. Kishan, who scored his first ODI century since 2022, hit seven sixes and 14 boundaries en route to ​an explosive 125 off 79 balls before getting caught trying to pull Kharote for six.[/p][p]Gill was more measured, hitting only two sixes and 22 ⁠fours as he scored 154 ​off 110 balls, his ninth ODI hundred. But his tactful attempt to reverse sweep Kharote backfired, and the mis-timed shot got caught at deep point.[/p][p]Kharote dismissed KL Rahul for a golden duck in the very next ball, leaving ‌India at 360-5 in the 43rd over. India lost the rest of their batters within 42 runs, and were bowled out with one ball to spare.[/p][h2]Shah's lonely battle falls short[/h2][p]Afghanistan were up against the odds chasing a target of 403, and their chances looked thinner after Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who had scored a 48-ball century in the previous match, got dismissed at 41 by Gurnoor Brar (3-60).[/p][p]Sediqullah Atal (42) failed to get the visitors back on track. Darwish Rasooli had to retire hurt with a right hamstring injury soon ‌after, and Brar bowled captain Hashmatullah Shahidi two balls later.[/p][p]By the time ​Arshdeep Singh (3-45) dismissed Rashid Khan and Allah Ghazanfar in two successive ‌deliveries in different overs, it was all but over with Afghanistan at 190-7.[/p][p]"I did not realise I was on a hat-trick... now I have a regret," said Singh in a post-match interview.[/p][p]But Rahmat Shah's lonely resistance, with a defiant 79 off 89 balls, helped the ⁠visitors get to 232 before the ⁠fall of their ninth wicket ‌ended the match in the 45th over.[/p]