India vs Afghanistan Highlights, Asia Cup 2022: Virat Kohli's ton, Bhuvneshwar's fifer help IND beat AFG by 101 runs

India: KL Rahul(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and Yuzvendra Chahal have been rested. 

Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, and Deepak Chahar come in for the trio.

KL Rahul walks out for toss instead of Rohit Sharma. 

Afghanistan win toss, opt to bowl.

“This is a new pitch and hasn't been used before in the tournament. There's an even covering of grass and looks a belter. 180 should be a minimum score on this wicket.”

Virat Kohli scored a superb half century against Hong Kong and went to do the same in the following Super 4 encounter against Pakistan. However, he was dismissed for duck in the last match against Sri Lanka. Can he fire big tonight?

Rohit Sharma had scored a superb 41-ball 72 against Sri Lanka and will look to carry forward the form against Afghanistan tonight.

If we look at the individual battle, Rohit Sharma vs Rashid Khan will be the one that most fans should look forward to. While Rashid has been a dominant force against the other Indian batters, his performance against the Indian captain is not very good, at least considering his standard.

Rohit has scored runs at a strike-rate of 148.28 against the Afghan wizard but Rashid has also dismissed him thrice in the 29 deliveries he has bowled against him in this format.

The toss have so far played an important factor in deciding the outcome of the Super 4 fixtures. All the teams have won chasing, so either captains who win the toss would certainly look to bowl first.

If we look at Afghanistan's campaign so far, they've impressed many despite already being out of the contention for final. They defeated Sri Lanka and Bangladesh both to advance to the Super 4 stage, where they have so far not won a single match.

Despite the defeats, the team put a spirited show in both the contest and if they manage to eke out a win against India, it will give them the much-needed boost ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia, which will be played in October-November.

The Indian team has particularly failed to do much in the death overs at Asia Cup. 

The team could manage 46/2 in the final 5 overs against Pakistan, and 46/4 against Sri Lanka in the Super 4 stage.

Team India started their Asia Cup campaign with Dinesh Karthik behind the wickets. He was mainly kept in the playing XI for his finishing abilities, but he got to bat only once, that too for one delivery in the entire tournament.

However, the management switched to Rishabh Pant to maintain the left-hand right-hand combo, following the injury to premier all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja midway during the tournament. 

However, Pant has failed to do much and the management can once again think of adding Karthik in the playing XI.

It will be interesting to see if Deepak Chahar fills in for Avesh Khan, who had fell ill in the previous encounter. 

The team have been heavily relying on their spinners, with Hardik Pandya fulfilling the role as the third seamer.

The last time India played Afghanistan in a T20 encounter, it was during the World Cup in UAE. The Men In Blue were on the verge of elimination following losses against Pakistan and New Zealand.

Coming to the clash, India had piled a gigantic 210/2 after batting first. In response, Afghanistan could manage 144/7 and lost the contest by 66 runs.

India and Afghanistan have met thrice before in the T20 format and the Men In Blue have emerged victorious on all the three occasions.

Can India make it 4-0 tonight?

Played against Pakistan on Sunday and lost the match by five wickets. Scored 181/7 batting first. Pakistan chased down the target with two balls to spare

Played against Sri Lanka on Tuesday and lost the match by six wickets. Scored 173/8 batting first. Sri Lanka chased down the target with one ball to spare.

Afghanistan engaged in a low-scoring thriller against Pakistan on Wednesday evening. Batting first, Pakistan restricted Afghanistan for a paltry 129/6 and it looked like a comfortable run chase for the opposition.

However, the Afghanistan bowlers surely had some other plans and inflicted blows on Pakistan at regular intervals. With 11 required in the final over and Pakistan having just one wicket in hand, it felt like the game was done and dusted. However, tailender Naseem Shah once again proved us wrong and smoked the first two balls of the 20th over for towering sixes, closing the game in some style. 

Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of the Asia Cup encounter between India and Afghanistan. The match is being played at the Dubai International Stadium and will start from 7:30 pm IST onwards. The toss for the same will take place half and hour before. Stay tuned for LIVE updates!