- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 more height than length. Jaiswal looks to go down the ground, but this is is not full enough and also this pitch is not quite skidding on as of now. He ends up skying it, Mohammad Nabi runs to his left from mid-on, calls out for the catch and takes it. There is a man at deep square leg who can get around too but he waves him off 18/12.4 or maybe not. He has scored a golden duck. He looks to go first ball, and the ball probably sits in the surface and gets big on him. Ends up slicing the pull to mid-off. Identical entry in the scorebook: c Nabi b Fareed. Absolute silence at Chinnaswamy. Pardon me, it seems the catcher here is Ibrahim 18/23.6 lovely bowling. For three balls earlier in the over, Omarzai tested the inside edge with movement back in to Dube. This one, though, nips the other way from the same spot. Dube follows the movement with his hands, and edges him through to Gurbaz 21/34.3 another c Nabi b Fareed entry in the book. Samson has repeated the Kohli dismissal. Not a single sighter to get used to a pitch that has taken three powerplay wickets. Swings hard at a shortish ball, which again seems to stick in the surface, and takes the top edge for Nabi to take at cover 22/4Extras17 (lb 9, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL212/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10.6)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2.3 ov), 2-18 (Virat Kohli, 2.4 ov), 3-21 (Shivam Dube, 3.6 ov), 4-22 (Sanju Samson, 4.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fareed Ahmad 4 0 20 3 5.00 13 2 0 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 4 0 33 1 8.25 12 3 2 1 0 Qais Ahmad 4 0 28 0 7.00 12 3 1 1 0 Mohammad Saleem 3 0 43 0 14.33 3 2 3 3 1 Sharafuddin Ashraf 2 0 25 0 12.50 1 1 2 0 0 Karim Janat 3 0 54 0 18.00 2 2 6 0 1
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.6 there's the wicket. Kuldeep bowls the wrong'un, it's a touch short and Gurbaz sees this as an opportunity to quickly rock back and slap over cover. He hits it well too, but Washington leaps high with both hands and intercepts the ball swiftly. Excellent catch. 93/112.3 sees him giving the charge and fires it down leg. Excellent anticipation from Sanju to move down leg, collects the ball well but ends up having to dive full stretch to break the stumps. And he does it in the nick of time with Ibrahim a couple of inches short. Excellent work from Sanju. Great presence of mind from Washington. 107/212.4 make that two in two. Washington's done him in flight and dip. Omarzai heaved this towards the longer leg-side boundary, no timing and picked out Bishnoi at deep midwicket. 107/316.2 he has picked out deep cover point. Washington bowls this slower and wider, it's a loopy delivery that forces Nabi to manufacture pace, he is on the backfoot as he lofts it over the infield but just couldn't get enough power in the end as Avesh, the boundary rider, takes a good catch. Gem of an innings from Nabi. 163/417.1 great work from Sanju, fires a direct hit at the non-striker's end! Gulbadin looks to slog, gets an inside edge that rolls wide of the keeper on the leg side. Janat was halfway down the pitch when he was sent back, Sanju ran in quickly, picked up the ball and fired the throw in one motion and hit bull's eye. 167/518.2 excellent running catch from Kohli, Chinnaswamy roars! This was bowled full and away from his hitting arc, he ended up slicing it over to the off side, Kohli from wide long-off charged across a good 25-30 yards to his right to take the ball where deep cover would be. 182/6Extras11 (b 1, w 10)TOTAL212/6 (20 Overs, RR: 10.6)Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 10.6 ov), 2-107 (Ibrahim Zadran, 12.3 ov), 3-107 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 12.4 ov), 4-163 (Mohammad Nabi, 16.2 ov), 5-167 (Karim Janat, 17.1 ov), 6-182 (Najibullah Zadran, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mukesh Kumar 4 0 44 0 11.00 10 4 2 3 0 Avesh Khan 4 0 55 1 13.75 6 4 4 3 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 38 0 9.50 6 4 1 0 0 Washington Sundar 3 0 18 3 6.00 7 0 1 2 0 S Dube 2 0 25 0 12.50 0 2 1 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 3 0 31 1 10.33 7 1 3 1 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
India won the 3-match series 3-0
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
17 January 2024 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 8.3: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - RK Singh (Upheld)
- India: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: India - 61/4 in 10.0 overs (RG Sharma 27, RK Singh 19)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (RG Sharma 26, RK Singh 23, Ex 3)
- RG Sharma: 50 off 41 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- India: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 13
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 66 balls (RG Sharma 59, RK Singh 36, Ex 5)
- India: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (108 balls), Extras 16
- RG Sharma: 100 off 64 balls (10 x 4, 6 x 6)
- RK Singh: 50 off 36 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 88 balls (RG Sharma 96, RK Singh 51, Ex 7)
- India: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (120 balls), Extras 17
- Innings Break: India - 212/4 in 20.0 overs (RG Sharma 121, RK Singh 69)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 0 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 21, Ibrahim Zadran 26, Ex 3)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 85/0 in 10.0 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 44, Ibrahim Zadran 38)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz: 50 off 29 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 4
- Ibrahim Zadran: 50 off 41 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 6
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 17 balls (Gulbadin Naib 18, Mohammad Nabi 33, Ex 1)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 11
- Gulbadin Naib: 50 off 21 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Afghanistan 16/1 in 1 over
- India 16/0 in 1 overs
- India 11/2 in 0.5 overs
- Afghanistan 1/2 in 0.3 overs
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