Bengaluru, Jan 17 (Reporter) A blistering century by Captain Rohit Sharma helped India post 212/4 in the third and final T20I match at Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Wednesday. Rohit's last century in this format came in 2018 against West Indies where he scored an unbeaten 111 not out at Lucknow. With the 121, Rohit also became the Indian batsman to score the 4th highest individual score with only Shubman Gill’s 126 vs New Zealand in 2023, Rururaj Gaikwad’s 123 vs Australia in 2023 and Virat Kohli’s 122 against Afghanistan in 2022 before him. Rinku, at the other end, stayed put to his nomenclature as the finisher. He scored an aggressive 69 off 39 balls with 2 boundaries and 6 sixes, and all these runs sprouted batting alongside Rohit. Both the mercurial batsmen stitched an unbelievable 190-run partnership for the fifth wicket. A wicket more would have forced India to submit meekly to Afghanistan when they were reduced to 22/4 in 4.3 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 4, Virat Kohli was gone for a golden duck, Shivam Dube got 1 while Sanju Samson was also dismissed for a duck as India were staring at a collapse. However, Rohit and Rinku had other plans. The India captain was at his flamboyant best, taking on the Afghanistan bowlers with his bat giving a midas touch every time he contacted the ball, and one of the hits sailed outside the stadium, indicating it was not enough for quenching his thirst after getting dismissed for a duck in the last two matches. And this ferocity had a reason to erupt after the on-field umpire Virender Sharma declared a leg-bye. He could not control his reaction and he was caught on the stump mic saying, "Hey Viru (Virender Sharma), did you give the first ball as thigh pad - It touched the bat. I have already been dismissed for zero twice." The funny side apart, Rohit's ferocious knock of 121 runs was made in 69 balls by taking the ball for boundary 11 times and clobbering sixes 8 times, which shot his strike rate up to 175.36. On the flip side, Rinku was quite the opposite in the early stages of his innings. He was a bit prudent, but rotated the strike beautifully to seal a booming partnership. Fareed Ahmad Malik was the most successful bowler for Afghanistan, ending with excellent figures of 3/20, even as his colleagues were taken to the task by Rohit and Rinku...////...