IND Vs AFG T20 WC 2024: Team India, which performed brilliantly in the league stage, has also started the Super-8 with a win. Team India defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs in Barbados. Thanks to Suryakumar’s 53 runs in 28 balls, the Indian team scored 181 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs after playing first. In reply, the Afghanistan team could score only 134 runs. For India, Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs with one maiden. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh also got 3 successes.
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India set a target of 182 runs
Thanks to Suryakumar Yadav’s 53 runs in 28 balls and Hardik Pandya’s 32 runs in 24 balls, Team India scored 181 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs after batting first against Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma scored 08, Virat Kohli scored 24 and Rishabh Pant scored 20 runs. Shivam Dubey could score only 10 runs in seven balls. Fazalhaq Farooqui and Rashid Khan took 3-3 wickets for Afghanistan.
Rohit-Virat flopped, Surya scored a fifty
After winning the toss, Indian captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat first but he could not give a good start to the team. After scoring just 8 runs, he got caught by Rashid Khan on the ball of Fazal Haq Farukhi. After the first wicket fell, Rishabh Pant stepped on the field and started in his own style. He hit three consecutive fours off Mohammad Nabi who came to bowl the last over of the powerplay.
Rashid Khan trapped him in his spin and his innings of 20 runs on 11 balls came to an end. India got the third blow in the form of Virat Kohli. He got caught by Mohammad Nabi on Rashid’s ball after scoring the same number of runs on 24 balls. After this, Shivam Dubey was forced to return by the Afghan captain by giving him lbw.
Suryakumar Yadav’s fifty
Suryakumar Yadav once again played a brilliant innings for the Indian team in a difficult situation. He completed these 50 runs with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes in just 27 balls. Although he could not extend his innings and got out after scoring 53 runs in 28 balls, but he did his job before losing the wicket.
India won the toss
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. Today Kuldeep Yadav has got a chance. He has come in the team in place of Mohammad Siraj. Afghanistan has also made a big change.
Afghanistan’s playing XI
Afghanistan’s playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
India’s playing XI
Team India’s playing XI- Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
