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India vs Afghanistan Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: IND thrash AFG by 66 runs to bag first win of the tournament
IND vs AFG Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021 Updates: India beat Afghanistan by 66 runs in their Super 12 match in Abu Dhabi to bag their first win of the tournament. Rohit Sharma (74) was adjudged the ‘Player of the Match’. Follow India vs Afghanistan highlights and updates on the live blog.
India vs Afghanistan Highlights: At last, after 10 days and 2 matches, the Indian team finally managed to secure their first victory of the showpiece event. They beat Afghanistan by 66 runs. In chase of 211, AFG lost two early wickets at the start of their chase as Jasprit Bumrah removed Zazai (13) and Mohammed Shami got the wicket of Mohammad Shahzad (0). However, Gurbaz and Gulbadin took the attack to the Indian bowlers to take the total to 47/2 after the powerplay. Soon after, Gurbaz was sent packing on 19 by Ravindra Jadeja. Just as Gulbadin Naib threatened to take off, he was trapped LBW plumb in front by R Ashwin. Afghanistan reached 61-4 after 10 overs. R Ashwin, before finishing his spell with figures of 2/14 in 4 overs, cleaned up Najib as Afghanistan reached 98/5 after 16 overs. Eventually, Mohammed Shami bagged two more, en route to three wicket-haul as India restricted Afghanistan to 144/7 in 20 overs. Earlier in the first innings, India posted 210/2 in 20 overs after being asked to bat by Afghanistan. Courtesy of a flurry of boundaries unleashed by openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma, India posted 53/0 by the end of the first innings Powerplay. Afghanistan bowlers pulled things back for three overs before a few timely boundaries from KL Rahul helped India post 85/0 at the halfway stage. Soon after, the duo brought up their 4th T20I century stand and Rahul also brought up another half-century. The Indian openers then went on to add 140 runs for the first wicket, a new record for India in T20Is, before Karim Janat dismissed Sharma on 74. Rahul was dismissed on 69 soon after by Gulbadin Naib but that did not deter Hardik Pandya (35*) and Rishabh Pant (27*) to put on a show. The two put on 63 runs off 21 balls to take India to the massive total.
...Read MoreT20 World Cup 2021 India vs Afghanistan Live: A tidy beginning from Gulbadin
Gulbadin Naib also bowls an economical over first up.
IND are 59/0 after 7 overs
India vs Afghanistan: POWERPLAY DONE AND DUSTED
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.
IND vs AFG Live Score T20 World Cup 2021: Naveen to continue
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.
IND vs AFG Live: 4th over, 4th bowling change
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
IND vs AFG Live Score: Naveen-ul-Haq introduced
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.
India vs Afghanistan Live: Spin from both ends
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.
India vs Afghanistan: A tidy start from Nabi
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.
India vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score: LET'S PLAY
OUT COME THE INDIAN OPENERS. Back to Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul
Skipper Mohammad Nabi to open #Afghanistan's attack.
Anthems time
Time for the national anthems. Afghanistan in a different kit today. Wearing red trousers today
India vs Afghanistan Live Updates: Afghanistan's last 5 matches
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
India vs Afghanistan Live: India's last 5 matches
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 vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Score: Form guides
India's last 5 matches- 1 win, 4 losses
Afghanistan's last 5 matches- 4 wins, 1 loss
Some stat, this!
IND vs AFG: Kohli's poor run continues
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
IND vs AFG Live Score T20 World Cup 2021: Team News
India: R Ashwin, Suryakumar Yadav - IN | Varun Chakaravarthy, Ishan Kishan - OUT
Afghanistan: Sharafuddin Ashraf is in after Asghar Afghan retired
India vs Afghanistan Live: Playing XIs
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
India vs Afghanistan Live Score: IND skipper Virat Kohli at the toss
"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."
India vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Score: AFG skipper Nabi at the toss
"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."
India vs Afghanistan Live Score: Afghanistan to bowl
Afghanistan has won the toss and has opted to bowl first in Abu Dhabi
India vs Afghanistan: Can Kohli score a W early on?
It's almost toss time. Can Kohli bag an early win today by winning the toss?
India vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score: Highest successful run-chases in Abu Dhabi
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
IND vs AFG Live: Last 2 meetings
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
IND vs AFG: Head-to-head
India and Afghanistan have each other 2 times in T20Is so far and India have won both the games. (IND 2-0 AFG)
India vs Afghanistan Live Updates: Asghar Afghan's replacement
Sharafuddin Ashraf, a bowling all-rounders, has been approved as the replacement of the now-retired Asghar Afghan
India vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score: Win toss and bowl first?
Teams batting first have won only 2 out of 8 matches in the ongoing tournament at Abu Dhabi.
India vs Afghanistan T20 Live Score: Some pertinent questions
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?
