T20 World Cup 2024, IND vs AFG Highlights: India posted a comfortable 47-run win over Afghanistan at Bridgetown’s Kensington Oval in their first Super 8 match in the T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados on Thursday. Winning the toss and opting to bat first, India’s top order failed miserably as Afghan bowlers remained consistent with their discipline efforts. However, Suryakumar Yadav (53) and Hardik Pandya (32) lifted India to a competitive total of 181/8. In reply, though Afghanistan started off on a strong note, they faltered quickly courtesy Jasprit Bumrah’s terrific bowling. Once Bumrah got the breakthrough wicket, Indian bowlers never let Afghanistan recover. Both Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh picked up 3 wickets each. Kuldeep Yadav, who had replaced Md Siraj in today’s Playing XI also scalped 2 wickets.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2024
Afghanistan
134 (20.0)
India
181/8 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Super Eight – Match 3 )
India beat Afghanistan by 47 runs
here are key moments of Ind vs Afg Super 8 match:
India vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup 2024 Live Score Updates: This match 43 of T20 World Cup 2024 is the first game for Team India in the Super 8 stage of the tournament. Unlike the group stage, India will be playing all the Super 8 matches in the Carribean. Tonight's match will be played in West Indies' Barbados get all the live updates of IND vs AFG ICC Men's T20 From the Bridgetown's Kensington Oval
And India continue their T20 World Cup dominance over Afghanistan as they defeat Rashid Khan & co by 47 runs. This marks the successful beginning of India's Super 8 campaign. That's all from us here. Good night!
Afghanistan stare at a inevitable loss as they lose wicket number 8 in skipper Rashid Khan. Super over by Arshdeep Singh as he picks up second wicket on the next delivery after Rashid Khan's dismissal. Naveen-ul-Haq goes for 0.
Afghanistan are 126/9 in 18 overs
Najibullah Zadran is the sixth wicket of Afghanistan, the third one for Bumrah! At this point, the asking rate for Afghanistan is 18.75. right now, they need miracle to pull this one off!
Afghanistan are 108/6 in 16.1 overs
Throughout the history of the T20 World Cup, Afghanistan has never secured a victory against India. In the last 3 encounters between the two teams, Afghanistan has been unable to come out on top in any of their matches against the Indian side.
Kuldeep Yadav's spin magic at its best! Rishabh Pant takes an easy catch of Gulbadin Naib. And while we were writing this, Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Azmatullah Omarzai. Afghanistan lose fifth wicket.
Afghanistan are 75/5 in 12 overs
Jasprit Bumrah took second wicket of the innings as he dismissed Hazratullah Zazai for two runs. Looking quite sharp in the beginning, Afghanistan's chase has slowed down as asking rate goes past 10.
Afghanistan are 40/3 in 7 overs
India were 17/1 at the end of third overs. Afghanistan, on the other hand, are 23/1. While Jasprit Bumrah took the breakthrough wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Axar Patel joined the party as he dismissed Ibrahim Zadran. two big setbacks for Afghanistan in the powerplay.
Afghanistan are 23/2 in 4 overs
India were teetering at 90 for four when SKY decided to change the game. Thanks to that blazing fifty, India have finished with a more than decent score on the board. Afghanistan have the target of 182 at Kensington Oval.
Hardik Pandya is out! Pandya departs after scoring 32. Sir Jadeja could not provide any late surge as he was dismissed for 7 runs. Last over is being bolwed.
India are 168/7 in 19 overs
India were staring at a sub-par total with the top order back in the dugout when Suryakumar Yadav walked in. But in next few overs, he changed the game and how! Slamming a fifty off 27 balls, SKY smashed five boundaries and three sixes. His knock helped India in getting a decent total on the board. Fazalhaq Farooqi ended his innings at 53 runs.
India are 159/5 in 17.4 overs
Good overs for India as SKY hammers Afghan bowlers. Pandya is also holding the fort on the other end. SKY is the top scorer for India tonight. He is batting strong at 34.
India are 115/4 in 14.2 overs
Suryakumar Yadav looks dangerous with those stunning boundaries and maximums.
India are 105/4 in 12.3 overs
Rashid Khan is destroying Team India, one wicket at a time. Just when we thought Shivam Dube and Suryakumar Yadav were getting into the run mode, Khan dismissed Dube (LBW) for 10 runs. This is wicket number 3 for Khan tinight. he has dismissed Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli earlier.
India are 92/4 in 11.2 overs
Virat Kohli falters again. Following Rishabh Pant's dismissal, Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan claims his second wicket by removing Kohli, who scored 24 runs. Shivam Dube now walks in.
India are 67/3 in 9 overs
Rohit Sharma's Team India is wearing black armbands to honor former India cricketer David Johnson during the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match against Rashid Khan's Afghanistan on Thursday. Hours before the start of the Super 8 clash in the Caribbean, the Indian cricket community mourned the tragic death of the former fast bowler Johnson.
India are 62/3 in 8.3 overs
After a fantastic hattrick in the 6th over, Rishabh Pant showed the flare and fearless cricket. But his stay on the creases didn't last too long as Rashid Khan dismissed him for 20 runs over that reverse shot was adjudged LBW. SKY joins Kohli now.
India are 60/2 in 8 overs
That hattrick of boundaries shows what Rishabh Pant's fearless cricket is all about! Nabi is furious as India manages to break the chokehold of Afghan bowlers. This was the most expensive over for Rashid Khan & co. Nabi conceded 13 runs.
India are 47/1 in 6 overs
Finally, the drought for the maximum ends as Kohli goes for big one! India need these shots more often if they want to put a competitive score at Kensington Oval. Kohli has asked for glass of water. It's hot in there!
India are 34/1 in 5 overs
We see more doubles as Pant gets going after Sharma's departure. Things still look in Afghanistan's control as Indian batters struggle in powerplay.
India are 27/1 in 4.1 overs
Rohit Sharma got a breather as Afghanistan lost a DRS. A sedated start for India, as of now. A very windy right now and here comes another single. No big shots so far. A poetic justice for Afghanistan? After losing the DRS, Haq finally got the wicket for Sharma thanks to that easy catch by Rashid Khan. The India skipper walks back after making just 8 runs. Rishabh Pant joins Virat Kohli in the middle.
India are 16/1 in 3 overs
We saw a boundary coming from Rohit Sharma's bat but it doesn't look easy for Indian openers. Md Nabi is bowling the second over. They are just rotating the strike to pick up those singles. No blazing start as of now.
India 8/0 in 2 overs
Fazalhaq Farooqi is bowling the first over for Afghanistan. A very, very disciplined effort by Farooqui. We saw a mild appeal for one of the deliveries as well. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are in no hurry. First boundary comes up from Sharma's bat. Not a great shot but India got the runs on the scoreboard.
India 5/0 in 1 over
Emotional moment for both the sides as national anthems of India and Afghanistan are being played at Kensington Oval. Now we see Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli walking in to open for India as Afghans get into the pre-match huddle.
"Happy with how things have gone so far, especially with the batters. Need to do the right things at the right time and control emotions as we go. We've been here couple of days longer than India which should help, " Rashid Khan said after the toss.
Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has won the toss and he has decided to bat first. There is one major change in India's Playing XI. Md Siraj has been dropped and Kuldeep Yadav will play tonight. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said that he would have also opted to bat first.
Here's what BCCI shared on the match day. Some cool moments of how Men in Blue prepped up for their first Super 8 faceoff
Well, instead of the gloomy rainy skies, it's warm and sunny in Caribbean. The AccuWeather report says that there are no chances of rain either in Bridgetown.
India and Afghanistan have faced each other in 8 T20 matches. Out of these, India has won 7, while Afghanistan has never secured a victory. One match ended without a result.