IND vs AFG Ball by Ball Commentary

And that will do it! India seal the series and in what style? Hurls it on the pads and Shivam Dube looks to flick it off but misses and the ball thuds the pads and trickles down to fine leg. They run for a leg-bye single. With that India have clinched the series comprehensively and it's the youngsters who have stepped up to do the needful job for India. India win by 6 wickets and with 26 balls to spare.

Nails a good yorker on off, Shivam Dube is rooted in the crease and smashes it towards mid off.

SCORES LEVEL! Bowls a full toss on the middle-leg line, Rinku Singh goes hard at it but gets the bottom half of his blade and hits it to mid-wicket and sprints for a single.

Over the wicket and fuller on off, Rinku Singh drives it straight to cover. He wants a single but Dube sends him back.

Will have to wait for another over to finish off! This is bowled on a shortish length across the stump, Rinku Singh goes hard to pull but miscues it to deep long on for a single. India just 2 away!

Yorker to follow on the middle stump, Shivam Dube works this one down to long on for a single. India just 3 runs away.

Bowls a slower one and shorter into the stump line, Shivam Dube swings hard and misses out on it. This might be the first one that he has missed out on.

Goes on a back of a length again on off, Rinku Singh heaves it towards deep square leg for another single.

Nails in a yorker which was missing for the whole innings tonight, Rinku Singh carves it out to the covers.

FOUR! Now Rinku joins the party as well! Around the wicket and on a tad shorter length, Rinku Singh gets on his front foot and pulls away nicely to deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Short this time and outside off, Rinku Singh steps out and pulls it towards deep square leg for a single to end the over.

Fuller and on off, Shivam Dube steers it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! There's no stopping to this man tonight! Short delivery which nips back into the southpaw but Dube does not get bothered by that and swings across and finds the fine leg fence for a boundary. Also, this is his highest T20I score! What an assault this has been from the left-hander.

Length ball outside off, Rinku Singh hits this one across to deepish mid-wicket for a single.

On a back of a length outside off, Rinku Singh defends it back to the bowler.

Bowls short and outside off, Shivam Dube hits it across the deep mid-wicket region for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Jitesh departs on a duck. Short and outside off again and it shoots further up after pitching, Jitesh Sharma wants to go on the aerial route but slices it instead towards Mohammad Nabi at mid off who takes a dolly.

Short and wide of off, Shivam Dube looks to pull but miscues to the off side and takes a single.

Over the wicket and on a back of a length, Jitesh Sharma looks to play across but does not connect at all and gets hit over his thigh pad. The ball rolls to deep third man and they collect a leg-bye single. Karim Janat was interested at that one but eventually aborts to send it upstairs.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Yashasvi Jaiswal departs but he has assured a probable victory for the hosts. On a back of a length outside off, Yashasvi Jaiswal looks to stand and deliver but gets a faint outside edge of the blade straight into the glove of Rahmanullah Gurbaz who goes low and pouches it comfortably.  Jaiswal looks disappointed as he fails to stay there till the end but walks out to a round of applause from the crowd for his amazing knock.

Slower and outside off on a length, Shivam Dube hits hard towards long off but this time finds a fielder in the deep for a single.

FOUR! It doesn't really matter to him who is bowling. He is just hitting it precisely and effortlessly! Around the wicket and outside off, Shivam Dube plants his ahead and just drives it with sheer power over the covers for a boundary. No chance for the fielder to chase it down as it bullets away to the fence.

FIFTY for Dube and this has come in absolutely no time! Back-to-back half-centuries for him and he is punishing the bowlers here. This is on hard length and on leg, Shivam Dube tucks it towards mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Another chance, but a tough one! This is pitched up and on middle, Shivam Dube lofts it in the air towards long on, Mohammad Nabi there dives forward to go for the catch, but lets it through for another boundary.

In the air...safe! This is short and on middle, slower too, Shivam Dube goes for the pull but gets top edge which lands safely on the mid-wicket region. Two runs taken.

Change of pace this time, back of a length, on off, Shivam Dube goes through his pull early and toe-ends it towards short third man.

FOUR! Another one! Naveen-ul-Haq goes a bit fuller, on the pads, Shivam Dube picks it up, uses the flick of the wrists to whip it away wide of long on for four more runs.

FOUR! Powered away! This is on a good length and on off, angling in, Shivam Dube stays there and swats it over the bowler's head for a thumping boundary.

SIX! Oh..my! This is some power hitting going on here! This is fligthed, full and around middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal gown on one knee and sweeps it powerfully towards the deep square leg fence for a flat maximum.

Shortish and on middle, Shivam Dube pulls it hard but towards deep mid-wicket for a run.

Flatter, full and on middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal clips it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Flighted, full and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal reverse-sweeps it straight to short third man.

SIX! This is huge! Noor Ahmad tosses this one up, full and on middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal this time uses the depth of his crease, whacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence with ease for a biggie.

FOUR! Not from the middle of the bat, but gets the end result! This is flaoted, full and on middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal skips down the track, heaves it from the bottom part of the bat splitting long on and deep mid-wicket, Mohammad Nabi from long on runs to his right, and tries to push it back inside but only manages to parry it to the advertising boards for a boundary.

On a dragged length on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal flicks it towards widish long on for a single to end an expensive over from Mohammad Nabi.

Fuller and wide outside off, Shivam Dube crunches it to widish long off for a single.

SIX! That's in the top tier! Poor from Nabi as he tosses a juicy full toss this one right into the hitting arc of Dube. He gets on his front foot and clubs it with the middle of the bat over cow corner. That's a hat-trick of sixes for Shivam Dube. This is just clean and precise power hitting from the southpaw.

SIX! He continues to dump it in the crowd! Fuller and on the off stump line, Shivam Dube clears his front foot and gets slog sweeps over mid-wicket for another half a dozen.

SIX! He is just depositing the ball into the stands tonight. Nabi stays on the off stump line and bowls tad fuller, Shivam Dube shimmies down the track and whacks it from the middle of the wood and clears long on for a biggie.

FIFTY for Jaiswal! Nabi darts it on the pads and Yashasvi Jaiswal steps out and pushes it to deep mid-wicket for a single. This is his 4th T20I half-century and what a comeback this is from him! He looks confident with his shots and looks dangerous as keeps piling up runs for the hosts.

Flatter, full and on leg, Yashasvi Jaiswal works it towards long on for one.

Short and around off, Shivam Dube dabs it through point for another run.

Fires this one full and down the leg side, Shivam Dube misses his flance. Wided.

Fuller and on the pads this time, Yashasvi Jaiswal flicks it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Fuller and outside off, Shivam Dube slaps it down the ground for a single towards long off.

Dragged length outside off, Shivam Dube flicks it to fine leg where Fazalhaq Farooqi fumbles to pick it cleanly. Dube wanted the run but it sent back by Jaiswal.

SIX! He has picked up from where he left in the previous game. Over the wicket and fuller outside off, Shivam Dube gets down on a knee and smashes it down the ground for a huge maximum.

Darts in on the pads, Yashasvi Jaiswal steps out again and this time he is hit on the pads as he misses out completely on the flick.

Full and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal drives it straight to cover.

Good length delivery on the off pole, Shivam Dube steps down the ground and plays towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Drags his length a bit now and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal punches it to widish long off for a single.

SIX! He continues to go big! A tossed-up ball which straightens after pitching around off, Yashasvi Jaiswal dances down the track and plays with a straight bat over the sightscreen for a maximum.

Around the wicket and drops it on a length at the middle stump line, Shivam Dube clips it to the leg side for a single.

A googly to end the over on the off stump line, Shivam Dube clips it to mid-wicket for a single.

On a dragged length outside off, Shivam Dube chops it off the back foot towards short third.

WIDE! Short and down the leg side, Rahmanullah Gurbaz fails to collect it cleanly and the ball trickles to the vacant slip.

Short and at the stumps, Yashasvi Jaiswal smashes it hard to long on for a single.

Fuller and outside off again, Yashasvi Jaiswal hits a straight drive off the front foot towards the bowler where Noor Ahmad stops it with his boot.

Fuller and outside off, Shivam Dube strides forward and drives it straight towards the bowler who stops it on the follow-through.

Over the wicket and shorter on the pads, Shivam Dube flicks it to deep square where the fielder fumbles to cleanly pick it up and the batters cross for a double in the meantime.

Length ball and outside off, Yashasvi Jaiswal times the drive well but finds the fielder.

SIX! How about that? Bowls an off-cutter on a length outside off, Yashasvi Jaiswal hits it on the rise from the middle of the blade and deposits to the second tier for a huge six.

Around the wicket this time and pitches it fuller, Shivam Dube pushes it with a straight bat towards mid off and cruises for a single. Yashasvi Jaiswal doesn't want to run but scampers quickly. Rahmanullah Gurbaz collects the ball and disrupts the sticks but as shown in the replay, the batter is home safely.

OUT! CAUGHT! What an anti-climax this is! Naveen-ul-Haq gets the big scalp of Kohli. Bowls it outside off and full, Kohli with a very minimal movement on the front foot tries to go over the cover region but gets the bottom half of the blade and hits it straight towards Ibrahim Zadran at mid off who moves to his left and times his leap nicely to take a fine catch. Virat Kohli goes back to the hut after a scintillating start. India are two down now!

FOUR! Oh, hello! This is overpitched into the hitting arc of Virat Kohli and he just picks it up and lofts it over deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Bowls on a back of a length around off, Virat Kohli stays in the crease and punches it to covers.

FOUR! Make that three in row! Mujeeb Ur Rahman continues with his shorter length, on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal stays back in his crease this time, lets it come to him, and thumps it over the bowler's head and towards the long off fence for four more runs. 19 runs off the over! That also brings up the 50-run partnership between these two batters in no time.

FOUR! Two in two! Mujeeb Ur Rahman drags his length back again, outside off, Yashasvi Jaiswal accepts the width on offer and crunches it through point for another boundary.

FOUR! Yashasvi Jaiswal is not backing off either here! Mujeeb Ur Rahman floats this one up, short and around off, Yashasvi Jaiswal makes room and punches it brilliant timing wide of mid off for a boundary.

Quicker, full and on middle, Virat Kohli drills it to long on for a single.

A bit short and on middle, Virat Kohli tucks it with soft hands through mid-wicket and comes back for the second run quite easily. Good running!

FOUR! Virat Kohli finds the fence yet again! This is flatter, full and around off, Virat Kohli waits for it and squeezes it past covers for four more runs.

Back of a length and on off, slower again, Yashasvi Jaiswal stabs it towards extra covers.

Slower again, length again, on off, Virat Kohli punches it uppishly but safely to long on for a run.

Good change of pace! This is on a good length and on off, Virat Kohli goes through his slog early due to the lack of pace and misses.

FOUR! King has made his intentions pretty clear here! Naveen-ul-Haq lands this on a good length and on off, Virat Kohli stays back in his crease, shows the full face of the bat to smack it over the bowler's head for a one-bounce more. He is not happy with himself as he could not get it over for a six. Shades of his shot against Haris Rauf in the T20 World Cup this one.

Slower delivery, full and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal drills it wide of mid off for a run.

Naveen-ul-Haq starts with a fuller one and on off, Virat Kohli uses his feet to swing across the line, but gets an inside edge towards short fine leg for a quick single.

On a length and on middle, slower too, Virat Kohli initially backs away to go big, but adjusts and steers it through cover-point for one.

Fullish and on middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal eases it towards long on for a single.

SIX! This one is even bigger! Fazalhaq Farooqi bangs this one short and around off, Yashasvi Jaiswal picks up the length very early, swivels and hammers it over the deep mid-wicket fence for another maximum. Salt to the wounds for Farooqi!

DROPPED! A tough chance though! This is on a good length and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal pushes it uppishly towards the bowler, Fazalhaq Farooqi is a bit late to react on his follow-through, gets both hands but spills it out. Jaiswal gets an early life!

Pitched up and on middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal clips it towards mid on.

SIX! BANG! First six of the innings! Fazalhaq Farooqi serves this full and on middle, angling in, Yashasvi Jaiswal stays in his crease and launches it high and handsomely over the long on fence for a biggie.

FOUR! Excellent shot! Mujeeb Ur Rahman flights this one up, full and around off again, Virat Kohli shuffles across this time, goes down again, and slog-sweeps it over mid-wicket for another boundary.

Brings out the leggie this time, shortish and on the pads, Yashasvi Jaiswal works it through square leg for one.

Goes short and around off, Virat Kohli punches it wide of cover-point, the fielder there dives to his right to make a fine stop. They cross.

Quicker, full and around leg, Virat Kohli clips it through backward square leg for a brace.

FOUR! King gets off the mark in style! This is tossed up, full and around off, Virat Kohli backs away, goes down on one knee and smashes it over extra covers for a boundary.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman begins with a floated delivery, full and on off,  Yashasvi Jaiswal drills it wide of mid off for a single.

Very full this time, on middle, Virat Kohli drives it firmly but straight to mid on.

OUT! TIMBER! Crazy scenes in Indore! Rohit Sharma walks back for a second consecutive duck in this series. Fazalhaq Farooqi strikes early and celebrates wildly. He lands this on a hard length and on middle, Rohit Sharma backs away and goes for a pre-meditated pull, but this one does not bounce that much, and he misses as the ball goes through to shatter the stumps. The crowd here goes silent!

Back of a length and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal dabs it wide of point for a quick single.

A huge shout for LBW, but turned down! Fazalhaq Farooqi looks confident and convinces his skipper to go for the review. This is a brilliant inswinging yorker, on middle, shaping in, Yashasvi Jaiswal steps across to flick it away but misses and gets hit on the pads. UltraEdge shows no bat involved, Ball Tracking indicates that the impact is umpire's call it is missing the wickets as well. Afghanistan lose a review!

Full again and on off, shaping away, Yashasvi Jaiswal tries to get out of the shot at the last moment, but keeps his bat there and steers it towards point. He is not happy with something in front of his eyes, and asks the umpire if it is a dead ball or not, but the umpire says no.

FOUR! Yashasvi Jaiswal and India are underway in style! Fazalhaq Farooqi starts with a full delivery, outside off, Yashasvi Jaiswal gets the chance to free his arms and he slices it hard through point for a boundary.