Good News comes for Indians as 6- wicket win for India over Afghanistan in first match in Three Matches series.
Afghanistan made 158/8 (20.0) and India made 159/4 (17.3)
Win for India : Score card
Rohit Sharma run out at ZERO by Ibrahim Zardan/Rahmanillah Gurbaz. He faced only 2 balls.
Shub,man Gill scored 23 in 12 balls with 5 fours. St. out by Rahmanullah Gurbaz bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Tilak Varma score 26 on 22 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. Catched by Gulbadin Naib bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai.
Shivam Dube scored 60 out of 40 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes (not out).
Jitesh Sharma scored 31 on 20 balls with 5 fours. Catched by Ibrahim Zardan bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Rinku singh scored 16 runs on 9 balls with 2 fours (not Out).
Extras: 3(nb 0, wd 3, b 0, lb 0) IND 159/4 (17.3) vs AFG 158/5 (20) (Shivam Dube 60(40) Rinku Singh 16(9) ) | India vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I – Live Score, Commentary – Cricbuzz
Total 159/4 (17.3)
Win for India: AFG Performance in brief
Afghanistan Total 158/5 (20.0)
Major scorer for AFG are Mohammad Nabi 42, R. Gurbaz 23, Ibrahim Zardan 25, A. Omarzai 29.
Indian Bowlers did a great work. Mukesh kumar and axar patel have 2-2 wkts and Shivam Dube showed his bowling strenght by taking 1 wkt. While Arshdeep singh, W. Sundar and Ravi Bishnoi had a bad luck today.
Result : A win for India
Win for India : A foggy evenving
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India take a 1-0 lead in three matches series. Nodoubt today’s match is not a easy one as weather conditions are hard for Indians.
Some Players Views
Shivam Dube is the Player of the match: Yes, It was really cold. really enjoyable time on this ground.Dube also added that he was here after a very long time but he did his job well for win for India. He told,” I had one thing in my mind that I have to play my game. First 2-3 balls, I feel a bit of pressure, after that I just focus on the ball and I don’t think much on what’s going on”.He also added on Bowling,” today I got the opportunity and I executed what I needed”.
Rohit Sharma did nothing to win for India: He said,” It was extremely cold weather. Now I am okay. When the ball hits the tip of the finger, it was sore. In the end, it was good. Lot of positives, we got a lot from this game, especially with the ball. Wasn’t the easiest of conditions. Our spinners bowled really well and the seamers also did the job as well. These things happen (on the run-out). When it happens you feel frustrated, you want to be out there and score runs for the team. Everything will not go your way. We won the game, that’s more important”.
Ibrahim Zadran said that We were short by 30-40 runs in our innings. Unfortunately we lost the toss but the boys fought till the end. We were trying to have a good start in the powerplay.
Rinku Singh told that he have got a habit of batting at 6 and finishing games.he is feeling very happy with his job. Enjoyed the cold conditions, it was tough while fielding though. he just try to talk to himself, batting at 6, he don’t have the chance to face too many balls or score too many runs, that’s the thing he keep telling himself. He also spoke to Dhoni and get a perfect suggestion as played according to ball and keep you calm and he just do the same thing. he don’t think a lot while batting, just react to the ball.
India chasing targets 160 or below in home T20Is
Instances 17
Matches won 16*
Matches lost 1 (vs NZ, Nagpur, 2016)
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