![]() ![]() Question marks over Hardik Pandya's bowling forced them to replace Axar Patel with Shardul Thakur. India had picked five spinners and only three specialist seam bowling options in their initial 15-member squad. The two put on 63 runs off 21 balls to take India to the massive total. 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 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. Soon after, the duo brought up their 4th T20I century stand and Rahul also brought up another half-century. 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. ![]() 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. Earlier in the first innings, India posted 210/2 in 20 overs after being asked to bat by Afghanistan. Eventually, Mohammed Shami bagged two more, en route to three wicket-haul as India restricted Afghanistan to 144/7 in 20 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. Just as Gulbadin Naib threatened to take off, he was trapped LBW plumb in front by R Ashwin. Soon after, Gurbaz was sent packing on 19 by Ravindra Jadeja. However, Gurbaz and Gulbadin took the attack to the Indian bowlers to take the total to 47/2 after the powerplay. 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). 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. ![]()
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