- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.3 Dube exacts revenge almost instantly! Length delivery on off stump. The ball seems to bounce a tad extra and hits Akbari high on the bat as he looks to go downtown. Cloths it and mid on runs back a couple of paces to complete a fairly regulation catch! 5/12.5 edged and taken! Shahzad is not happy with the decision but he has to walk back! Hard length, and following the batter outside leg. Shahzad tries to dab it away because that is all he can do, having been cramped up. Seems to nick it through to the keeper but Shahzad is quite adamant the ball has brushed either the forearm or the bicep. We'll need replays to confirm, but for now, Afghanistan are two down inside three overs! 9/23.2 oh dear, this is catastrophic! Drops it short on the stumps. Zadran rocks back and heaves it away. Bishnoi mops it up nicely on the deep square leg fence and then fires an accurate enough throw at the batter's end. Zadran, almost as an afterthought, wanted the second and is caught inches short of his ground as Jitesh whips off the bails! 12/39.4 goes through him like a hot knife through butter! Superbly-disguised wrong'un that pitches on a length just outside off and rips back in. Zazai, much like most of the innings, has no clue about the variation and plays outside the line. The ball fizzes past the inside edge and crashes into off stump. Bishnoi is elated, and just when Afghanistan were establishing a foothold in the contest, they have lost a wicket! 49/410.5 cleans him up! Slowed up beautifully on a full length on off stump. Janat goes searching for it in front of his pad and seems to be playing for the turn. This one, though, comes through with the arm, breezes past the inside edge and crashes into middle and off stump! 52/5Extras10 (lb 2, w 8)TOTAL112/5 (18.2 Overs, RR: 6.1)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Zubaid Akbari, 1.3 ov), 2-9 (Mohammad Shahzad, 2.5 ov), 3-12 (Noor Ali Zadran, 3.2 ov), 4-49 (Afsar Zazai, 9.4 ov), 5-52 (Karim Janat, 10.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 3 0 17 1 5.66 9 1 1 0 0 S Dube 1 0 4 1 4.00 5 1 0 0 0 Washington Sundar 3 0 23 0 7.66 9 3 0 1 0 R Sai Kishore 4 0 26 0 6.50 11 2 1 0 0 Shahbaz Ahmed 3.2 0 28 1 8.40 8 1 2 3 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 12 1 3.00 12 0 0 0 0 India Team Ruturaj Gaikwad (c) Yashasvi Jaiswal Tilak Varma Allrounder Jitesh Sharma † Wicketkeeper Rinku Singh Shivam Dube Allrounder Washington Sundar Allrounder Shahbaz Ahmed Allrounder Sai Kishore Bowler Ravi Bishnoi Bowler Arshdeep Singh Bowler
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to field first
Series result
India won the 2023 Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition
Match number
Season
Match days
07 October 2023 (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: Afghanistan - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 3 wickets)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 49/4 in 9.4 overs (Shahidullah 22)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 3
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 9
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (Shahidullah 24, Gulbadin Naib 20, Ex 6)
- Rain: Afghanistan - 112/5 in 18.2 overs (Shahidullah 49, Gulbadin Naib 27)
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