India vs Afghanistan Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: IND thrash AFG by 66 runs to bag first win of the tournament

Gulbadin Naib also bowls an economical over first up.

IND are 59/0 after 7 overs

HOW'S THAT? NOT-OUT! REVIEW TAKEN! Rohit looks to paddle sweep Hassab but misses the ball. He is struck on the rear foot. No inside edge but ball-tracker shows the ball's impact was outside leg. NOT-OUT! AFG LOSE REVIEW!

1 off it. IND are 53/0 after 6 overs.

NO-BALL! Naveen oversteps and begins with a no-ball

FREE-HIT! 1 run

FOUR! WHIPPED AND FOUR! Rohit shuffles across every so slightly and camps on the backfoot. The ball is wide and fullish. Rohit carved the ball behind point for 4.

SIX! Once again, Rohit camps on the backfoot around off stump. Naveen delivers a rank half-volley and Rohit creams the ball over the long-off boundary for 6.

FOUR! FIFTY UP FOR INDIA! He dances down the track, makes room and goes inside out over covers for 4.

IND are 52/0 after 5 overs.

Hamid Hassan, 34-year-old right-arm pacer, has been introduced into the attack

A good start from Hassan. 5 off it

IND are 35/0 after 4 overs

Afghanistan's Man of the Match in the previous game has been brought on in the 3rd over.

FOUR! SSSLLLAAAPPPED! A slower short ball from Naveen. But it was too slow and short. Rohit set himself up for the half-tracker and pulled it to dep mid-wicket for 4.

IND are 30/0 after 3 overs.

Sharafuddin Ashraf, left-arm spin, is sharing the new ball.

FOUR! A paddle sweep from Rohit Sharma past the short fine leg fielder for 4. Uses the pace to perfection

SIX! BANG AND IT'S OUTTA HERE! KL Rahul joins the party. A juicy half volley around middle stump from Ashraf. Rahul clears the front leg, and goes over long on for the night's first maximum

FOUR! Once again, into the slot and Rahul goes over mid-on for 4.

IND 23/0 after 2 overs.

Both players get off the mark with a single.

FOUR! Overpitched and outside off. Sharma accepts the gift and carves the ball over cover for 4. Inside out and away the new cherry goes

IND are 7/0 after 1 over.

OUT COME THE INDIAN OPENERS. Back to Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul

Skipper Mohammad Nabi to open #Afghanistan's attack.

Time for the national anthems. Afghanistan in a different kit today. Wearing red trousers today

vs NAM - Won by 62 runs

vs PAK- Lost by 5 wickets

vs SCO- Won by 130 runs

vs ZIM- Won by 47 runs

vs ZIM- Won by 45 runs

vs NZ- Lost by 8 wickets

vs PAK- lost by 10 wickets

vs SL- lost by 7 wickets

vs SL- lost by 4 wickets

vs SL- won by 38 runs

India's last 5 matches- 1 win, 4 losses

Afghanistan's last 5 matches- 4 wins, 1 loss

Some stat, this!

Yet another day and yet another toss lost by Virat Kohli. Teams batting second have won 6/8 times here. India need a massive batting effort now

India: R Ashwin, Suryakumar Yadav - IN | Varun Chakaravarthy, Ishan Kishan - OUT

Afghanistan: Sharafuddin Ashraf is in after Asghar Afghan retired 

India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad(w), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Hamid Hassan

"Firstly there's no denying the fact that the situation is a tricky one. Having said that there's still a chance. We know we haven't played up to potential whatever the reasons might be - need to brush that aside. Would have bowled first. But it's not a bad thing against a side like Afghanistan who look to put up runs on the board. Couple of changes - Surya is back as he's fit. Ashwin replaces Varun who has a bit of a niggle."

"Will bowl first. Last game there was a lot of dew in the second half. Mujeeb isn't playing. We always prepare for both, but today we'll bowl first because of dew. We'll play normal cricket and go and enjoy."

Afghanistan has won the toss and has opted to bowl first in Abu Dhabi

It's almost toss time. Can Kohli bag an early win today by winning the toss?

Namibia- 166/4 in 19 overs against Netherlands

Hong Kong - 166/6 in 19.4 overs against Afghanistan

Ireland- 155/2 in 17.2 overs against Hong Kong

ICC World T20, 2012: IND (159/5 in 20 overs) beat AFG (136/10 in 19.3 overs) by 23 runs.

ICC World T20, 2010: IND (116/3 in 14.5 overs) beat AFG (115/8 in 20 overs) by 7 wickets

India and Afghanistan have each other 2 times in T20Is so far and India have won both the games. (IND 2-0 AFG)

Sharafuddin Ashraf, a bowling all-rounders, has been approved as the replacement of the now-retired Asghar Afghan

Teams batting first have won only 2 out of 8 matches in the ongoing tournament at Abu Dhabi.

KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan or KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma?

Which opening pair would you go with?

If Rohit opens and Suryakumar Yadav is fit, does Ishan Kishan still find a place in the team?

If Rohit opens and Kishan is picked, where does he play?