Chennai (Gurpreet Singh): The Indian cricket team completed a dominant clean sweep against Afghanistan, securing a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the third and final One-Day International at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium. This final win allowed the hosts to wrap up the three-match series with a flawless record. The comprehensive victory was built on a clinical bowling display in the morning followed by an assertive batting performance that chased down the target with significant time and wickets to spare.
Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna set up the match for the hosts by running through the visiting batting lineup with an exceptional display of pace bowling. Krishna dismantled the top order during his opening spell, leaving the opposition struggling early in their innings before returning to clean up the tail to finish with career-best figures. Despite a resilient, fighting century from the Afghanistan captain, who anchored the middle order alongside a quick-fire half-century from an all-rounder, the visitors were bowled out for a modest total in the forty-fifth over.
The Indian run chase was absolute in its execution, led by a flawless, unbeaten century from young opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal. The left-hander took control of the innings from the opening over, striking regular boundaries and clearing the ropes comfortably to bring up his second century in this format. Jaiswal shared a massive opening partnership with veteran batsman Rohit Sharma, who provided aggressive support with a fluent half-century before falling near the end of the chase. The remaining top-order batsmen guided the team home comfortably, sealing the comprehensive victory with more than twenty overs to spare.
