Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 18 Runs | IND: 212/2 | RR: 10.60

  • Virat Kohli122 (61b)
  • Rishabh Pant20 (16b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi4-0-51-0
  • Fareed Ahmad4-0-57-2

Kalpit: "Virat Kohli, Welcome to the Cricket World where you have left. Cricket is not that cruel to lose a talent like you."

Lavitra: "I had tears in my eyes watching Kohli play his signature shots so confidently again and him hitting the ball all around the ground was just a treat for everyone's eyes"

What an innings. Now it is over to Madushka for the second innings.

"Last two and a half years have taught me a lot. I am going to turn 34 in a month," says Virat Kohli. So those angry celebrations are a thing of the past. Actually I was shocked. This is the last format I thought. It was an accumulation of a lot of things. The team has been open and helpful. I know there was a lot of stuff going outside. And I kissed my ring. You see me standing here because one person has put things in perspective for me. That's Anushka. This hundred is for her and for our little daughter Vamika as well. When you have someone next to you having conversations putting things in perspective, like Anushka has been... when I came back I was not desperate. Six weeks off I was refreshed. I realised how tired I was. Competitiveness doesn't allow it, but this break allowed me enjoy the game again."

The day belongs to Kohli. He walks off satisfied, accepts congratulations, a hug from batting coach Vikram Rathour. Ends up with 200 strike rate, and he was just phenomenal at the death.

Abhishek : "59 of 40 next 72 off just 21 balls, thats some hitting"

19.6
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, no run, Kohli is looking for the wide, but he is down the track so this bouncer is allowed to stay

Round the wicket

19.5
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Pant, 1 run, yorker, outside off, drilled to long-on for one
19.4
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, 1 run, slower ball, on the pads, he flicks this, but because of the lack of pace it goes towards deep square and not fine leg
19.3
4
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, FOUR, What can Afghanistan do to stop him? He goes for the yorker on off, misses his length a little, and Kohli makes room to cover-drive this wide of extra cover and hard

Round the wicket

19.2
6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, SIX, no-look six. Slower short ball, sits up to be hit, and he sends it smack over deep square. What fun Kohli is having
19.1
6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, SIX, now he is just showing off. This is vintage Kohli at the death. Dances down the track, gets under a slower length ball and sends it sailing over long-off

Farooqi to bowl the last over

END OF OVER:
19 | 19 Runs | IND: 194/2 | RR: 10.21

  • Rishabh Pant19 (15b)
  • Virat Kohli105 (56b)
  • Fareed Ahmad4-0-57-2
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi3-0-33-0
18.6
4
Fareed Ahmad to Pant, FOUR, another drop. Afghanistan having a shocker in the field. Slower bouncer, Pant gets a massive top edge, Mujeeb runs in from long leg, but it goes through his hands
18.5
1
Fareed Ahmad to Kohli, 1 run, walks down, hits a full toss down the ground for one. Just got too close to it

Arun Prakash: "Two weeks back if you had told me that Kohli will score an hundred in Asia cup and India will get knocked out of Asia cup I would've laughed at you! "

18.4
2
Fareed Ahmad to Kohli, 2 runs, full and wide, misses the yorker, lovely drive over extra cover, gets back for two

Round the wicket now

18.3
2
Fareed Ahmad to Kohli, 2 runs, digs this out to extra cover, runs for one, gives it up because he can't make it, but there is no direct hit. He gets an overthrow too

Round the wicket

18.2
6
Fareed Ahmad to Kohli, SIX, there is No. 71. Who would have thought it would come in this format? Short of a length, lovely pull shot. Flat and over deep midwicket. Big smile on his face. Looks up at the skies. Kisses his wedding ring. The drought has ended
18.1
4
Fareed Ahmad to Kohli, FOUR, wide length ball, and he has smashed it between long-off and long-on. Can't do anything wrong. That's his best in T20Is

END OF OVER:
18 | 15 Runs | IND: 175/2 | RR: 9.72

  • Virat Kohli90 (51b)
  • Rishabh Pant15 (14b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi3-0-33-0
  • Fareed Ahmad3-0-38-2
17.6
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, 1 run, slower ball, on a length, punched down to long-off for one

Back over the wicket

17.5
4
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, FOUR, it's all going Kohli's way. Walks at him again, Farooqi digs it in, Kohli looks to go over mid-off still, but gets a thick edge over short third
17.4
2
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, 2 runs, slower bouncer, pulled down, and straight of deep midwicket, comes back for two more

Round the wicket he goes

17.3
4
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, FOUR, wide yorker. Perhaps just short of it. That's all Kohli needs to steer it past point for four. He is at his best when he has had his eye in by the time the death overs arrive
17.2
2
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Kohli, 2 runs, slower short ball, walks at it, pulls this down, between deep midwicket and long-on, comes back for two
17.1
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Pant, 1 run, yorker, can't do much with it but take a single to long-on
17.1
1w
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Pant, 1 wide, tries the wide yorker, but overcooks it

Farooqi is back

END OF OVER:
17 | 15 Runs | IND: 160/2 | RR: 9.41

  • Virat Kohli77 (46b)
  • Rishabh Pant14 (13b)
  • Fareed Ahmad3-0-38-2
  • Rashid Khan4-0-33-0

Adnan: "The vintage king kholi is back!"

16.6
4
Fareed Ahmad to Kohli, FOUR, he is racing towards it. His numbers are great at the death once he got his eye in. Walks down at him, flicks a length ball over square leg for four more
16.5
4
Fareed Ahmad to Kohli, FOUR, lovely improvisation. Shuffles across the wicket and drags a low full toss wide of short fine leg for four. No. 71 is on
16.4
1
Fareed Ahmad to Pant, 1 run, wide low full toss, drilled to long-off for one

Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0Hazratullah ZazaiRahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd1Ibrahim ZadranRahmanullah Gurbaz
3rd8Karim JanatIbrahim Zadran
4th0Najibullah ZadranIbrahim Zadran
5th11Mohammad NabiIbrahim Zadran
6th1Azmatullah OmarzaiIbrahim Zadran
7th33Rashid KhanIbrahim Zadran
8th33Ibrahim ZadranMujeeb Ur Rahman
9th24Fareed AhmadIbrahim Zadran

Men's T20 Asia Cup

Super Four
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.701
PAK3214-0.279
IND31221.607
AFG3030-2.006
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.096
PAK21123.811
HKG2020-4.875
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AFG22042.467
SL2112-2.233
BAN2020-0.576