- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.6 Axar gives India the breakthrough! Jitesh rides the bounce, gathers the ball, and takes the bails off. Gurbaz charges to Axar. The fingerspinner shortens his length and gets it to angle in, beat the inside edge, as Gurbaz swishes and misses. Jitesh does the rest 50/18.2 Dube strikes with his second ball. Zadran can't clear Rohit at short cover. Back of a length and outside off, Zadran aims to pump it on the up but does not get enough elevation or power to clear the infielder 50/217.1 Mukesh has Omarzai chopping on! On a length and outside off, Mukesh hides it away from the reach of the batter in these slog overs. Omarzai throws his bat at ball but can only drag it back onto his own stumps. End of Omarzai's cameo 125/49.6 Axar has Rahmat chopping on! Darted flat and quick just outside off, Rahmat backs away and aims to thrash it through the off side but does not have enough room to free his arms. He ends up dragging a thick inside edge back onto his own stumps. The drink will taste sweeter for Axar and India 57/317.6 Carved in the air and Rinku takes it at sweeper cover. Short and Mukesh hides it away from the reach of Nabi. Nabi could barely reach it. He slices it high in the air. Rinku runs in from the deep and dives forward to snag the catch 130/5Extras8 (lb 3, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL158/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.9)Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 7.6 ov), 2-50 (Ibrahim Zadran, 8.2 ov), 3-57 (Rahmat Shah, 9.6 ov), 4-125 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 17.1 ov), 5-130 (Mohammad Nabi, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 1 28 0 7.00 11 4 0 3 0 Mukesh Kumar 4 0 33 2 8.25 9 2 2 1 1 AR Patel 4 0 23 2 5.75 11 1 1 0 0 Washington Sundar 3 0 27 0 9.00 6 3 1 0 0 S Dube 2 0 9 1 4.50 6 1 0 0 0 Ravi Bishnoi 3 0 35 0 11.66 3 3 2 0 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 Rohit is not happy with Gill! Gesticulates something at the youngster before making his way back. This was a full ball driven to mid off and Rohit called for the single. But Gill was ball-watching at mid off and didn't see Rohit running all the way through. Gill remained glued inside the crease at the bowler's end, and with both men at the same end, its an easy run out for the wicketkeeper after grabbing the throw. There was a single there, more so since Rohit was running to the danger end and comfortably got there 0/13.5 dancing shoes let him down this time. Mujeeb bowls a length ball on middle and the googly turns in. Gill comes down the track but the ball turning into him leaves him befuddled. Swings the bat across the line but there's no connection, and Gurbaz does the rest 28/28.4 Gulbadin with a blinder! Tilak tries to uppishly flick it over deep backward square leg after contorting his body, but Gulbadin has held on to a tough one, especially with the lights also making the ball hard to spot. Gulbadin had taken a few steps in at first but then re-adjusted to take a step back and put his hands up in time. Tilak gone for 26 trying to innovate from a fullish length. 72/313.5 Mujeeb does get the breakthrough! That's why Ibrahim brought Mujeeb back. This was a length ball sliding into the batter while also getting big on him. Jitesh tried to use his bottom hand to lift it over the non-striker's head for a six at long on, but this time it doesn't have the distance. Gone after a useful 31 in 20 balls 117/4Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL159/4 (17.3 Overs, RR: 9.08)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rohit Sharma, 0.2 ov), 2-28 (Shubman Gill, 3.5 ov), 3-72 (Tilak Varma, 8.4 ov), 4-117 (Jitesh Sharma, 13.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 0 26 0 8.66 7 4 0 1 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 1 21 2 5.25 15 4 0 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 2 0 24 0 12.00 2 1 1 2 0 Naveen-ul-Haq 3.3 0 43 0 12.28 1 4 2 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 4 0 33 1 8.25 5 4 0 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 1 0 12 0 12.00 1 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.45, Second Session 20.45-22.15
Match days
11 January 2024 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 0 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 23, Ibrahim Zadran 25, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 57/3 in 10.0 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 3)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (Azmatullah Omarzai 24, Mohammad Nabi 26, Ex 0)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (119 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 158/5 in 20.0 overs (Najibullah Zadran 19, Karim Janat 9)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 2 wickets)
- India: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: India - 83/3 in 10.0 overs (S Dube 26, JM Sharma 6)
- India: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 2
- S Dube: 50 off 38 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- India: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 3
Match Coverage
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He credits both Dhoni and Rohit for backing him on the big stage
Rohit checks most boxes on T20I comeback, but not the big one
The India captain did not get the chance to show whether he could adapt his explosive ODI form in the shortest format
Dube, Axar put India 1-0 up in chilly Mohali
Jitesh Sharma also impressed as India chased down 159 with 15 balls remaining
Dravid locks in Rohit and Jaiswal as openers for Afghanistan T20Is
Head coach also confirmed that Ishan Kishan had asked for a break for this series and Shreyas Iyer was dropped, not rested
Rashid Khan ruled out of T20I series against India
The legspinner, who is in recovery after undergoing lower-back surgery, has travelled with the team but will not feature in the series