Shreyas joins the party as he uses his feet to loft Nawaz over long-on for a six.
He takes a single through the covers before Rohit hits the fourth ball past point for a four.
Rohit down the pitch as Nawaz shortens his length but the India captain manages to smash it down to long-off for a single as the hosts race past 150, in the 21st over.
Afridi, who was hit for 32 runs in his four overs, is back into the attack. Rohit taps the first ball on the leg side for a single and Shreyas picks a single off the third ball.
Afridi denies Rohit the century as he gets the India captain caught at midwicket after he mistimes the slower ball.
Rohit walks back after a superb innings of 86 from 63 balls, with six sixes and as many fours, to spice up an otherwise dull contest.
K L Rahul gets off the mark with a single from the last ball of the over.
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