- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.4 the short one works again for Nehra, Noor makes room and tries to slog him away but the ball clips the edge and lobs to the keeper 97/41.4 Sadiq was a walking wicket all along, Nehra bowls it a bit short on the leg stump, Sadiq follows it, makes room and tries to pull but the ball clips his glove and lobs to Dhoni, easy decision 6/13.3 the short one does the trick again! Nehra bangs it down the leg side and Shahzad tries to hook but ends up lobbing it to Dhoni, the ball hits the helmet for sure but did it catch the glove or the edge as well? Erasmus thought it clipped something else too 22/25.4 Mangal tries to take Jadeja downtown but the journey ends at mid-off, comes down the pitch but ends up chipping it to Gambhir at a comfortable height 29/317.1 Praveen hits the deck hard and gets a wicket, Stanikzai stays at the crease to pull but gets a top edge taken easily by Zaheer near midwicket 97/517.2 catching practice again, Nabi tries to smack this over the on side but gets a tame top edge taken by Dhoni, he barely had to move from his position 97/618.5 terrible mixup, he squeezes out a yorker towards midwicket and sets off, Shenwari sets off but his partner wasn't interested, Jadeja lobs the ball to Dhoni but batsmen were at the other end 107/719.5 makes room to a full delivery and scoops it down Nehra's throat at mid-off 114/8Extras6 (lb 3, w 3)TOTAL115/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.75)Did not bat: Dawlat AhmadzaiFall of wickets: 1-6 (Karim Sadiq, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (Mohammad Shahzad, 3.3 ov), 3-29 (Nawroz Mangal, 5.4 ov), 4-97 (Noor Ali Zadran, 16.4 ov), 5-97 (Asghar Afghan, 17.1 ov), 6-97 (Mohammad Nabi, 17.2 ov), 7-107 (Samiullah Shinwari, 18.5 ov), 8-114 (Hamid Hassan, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB P Kumar 3 0 14 2 4.66 11 2 0 0 0 A Nehra 4 0 19 3 4.75 14 2 0 0 0 Z Khan 3 0 24 1 8.00 5 3 0 1 0 RA Jadeja 4 1 15 1 3.75 17 1 1 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 1 0 4 0 4.00 3 0 0 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 4 0 24 0 6.00 9 0 1 1 0 YK Pathan 1 0 12 0 12.00 1 0 1 1 0
01/05Result
3rd Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20 at Gros Islet, May 1 2010
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![India]( "India")
116/3 (14.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
01/05Result
3rd Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20 at Gros Islet, May 1 2010
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![India]( "India")
116/3 (14.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 caught! Gambhir comes down the track and tries to free his arms by carving it over the off side , he ends up slapping it straight to Nabi at cover point 19/113.4 he makes room to dispatch a low full toss but he ends up whacking it flat and quick to Zadran at long-on 101/35.3 the quicker one gets him, the ball skids through and hits him low on the pad in front of leg stump, Raina was too lazy in getting his bat behind the line 46/2Extras8 (lb 1, nb 4, w 3)TOTAL116/3 (14.5 Overs, RR: 7.82)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Gautam Gambhir, 2.2 ov), 2-46 (Suresh Raina, 5.3 ov), 3-101 (Murali Vijay, 13.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Dawlat Ahmadzai 2 0 21 1 10.50 5 1 1 0 1 Shapoor Zadran 2 0 6 0 3.00 7 0 0 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 3 0 33 0 11.00 8 1 3 0 1 Samiullah Shinwari 2 0 11 1 5.50 5 1 0 1 0 Karim Sadiq 2 0 22 0 11.00 3 0 1 1 2 Hamid Hassan 3 0 8 1 2.66 12 0 0 0 0 Nawroz Mangal 0.5 0 14 0 16.80 2 0 2 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-10.50, Interval 10.50-11.10, Second Session 11.10-12.30
Match days
1 May 2010 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
India 2, Afghanistan 0
Match Notes
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (63 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (Noor Ali Zadran 27, Asghar Stanikzai 21, Ex 2)
- Noor Ali: 50 off 47 balls (4 x 4)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 17.6 overs (111 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 115/8 in 20.0 overs (Raees Ahmadzai 5, Shapoor Zadran 0)
- India: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (44 balls), Extras 3
- India: 100 runs in 12.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 8
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (M Vijay 26, Yuvraj Singh 23, Ex 5)
Match Coverage
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.525 |
| PAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.325 |
| BAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.2 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.428 |
| SL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.355 |
| ZIM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.595 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.495 |
| SA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.125 |
| AFG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2.446 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.78 |
| ENG | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.452 |
| IRE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3.5 |
| Group E | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.962 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.041 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.373 |
| SA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.617 |
| Group F | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.733 |
| SL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.333 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.281 |
| IND | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.117 |