- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.3 bowled him! Up go the biceps! Rahul was targeting short fine leg there, and he moved across for the scoop, but he's beaten by the slower yorker, and zing go the bails 147/214.4 gone, straight to extra-cover. Fullish, just outside off. Was there to drive on the up, but he ends up hitting it straight to the man at extra-cover, flat and at around waist height. Who will India send in now? 140/1Extras5 (b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL210/2 (20 Overs, RR: 10.5)Fall of wickets: 1-140 (Rohit Sharma, 14.4 ov), 2-147 (KL Rahul, 16.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Nabi 1 0 7 0 7.00 2 1 0 0 0 Sharafuddin Ashraf 2 0 25 0 12.50 1 3 1 0 0 Naveen-ul-Haq 4 0 59 0 14.75 4 5 4 1 1 Hamid Hassan 4 0 34 0 8.50 10 5 1 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 4 0 39 1 9.75 5 3 2 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 36 0 9.00 4 1 2 0 0 Karim Janat 1 0 7 1 7.00 2 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 bagged by mid-on running to the left. Thakur calm under it. Offcutter at a good length on middle stump, gets low and looks for the slog sweep again, but ends up slicing this 13/22.6 taken at mid-off. Shahzad looked out of sorts in his short stay. This is good length and swung into his legs. He's static as he closes the face to try and flick in square leg's direction. Gets a leading edge that's pretty easy for Ashwin 13/16.5 this looks a gorgeous shot but it is not far enough. Full and at off stump. Steps out and is right behind with a lovely extension of the arms, using the angle to pick this up in the wide long-on direction. But he hasn't reached the pitch of that and gets a lot of elevation and not too much distance. Pandya does well to track it to his right and hold on at the line 48/39.3 big appeal and this looks plumb. Carrom ball, full and headed for middle stump. Naib gets down for the sweep and cops this on the back thigh, right in front of middle stump. He won't bother reviewing that. His struggle against spin is over 59/411.5 gone, plays down the wrong line with the reverse-sweep. Plays for the offbreak, I think, but this one drifts in a little, pitches around off stump and just keeps going with the angle to end up sneaking behind him and rattling the stumps. Ashwin's really got the batters on a string today. Seemed to be the seam-up arm ball 69/518.1 looks to bowl the wide line again, but he doesn't get it wide enough. Ends up working out for him in the end. Slower length ball, and Nabi is a touch too early on this hoick. Drags it a little squarer than he wants, I think, straight to the man at deep midwicket. Long boundary on that side too, I think 126/618.3 slower length ball outside off, and he's slogged it more or less straight to long-on. Flat hit, and Hardik runs a few yards to his left and catches it in front of his chest 127/7Extras4 (w 4)TOTAL144/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.2)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Mohammad Shahzad, 2.6 ov), 2-13 (Hazratullah Zazai, 3.1 ov), 3-48 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 6.5 ov), 4-59 (Gulbadin Naib, 9.3 ov), 5-69 (Najibullah Zadran, 11.5 ov), 6-126 (Mohammad Nabi, 18.1 ov), 7-127 (Rashid Khan, 18.3 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
3 November 2021 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
India 2, Afghanistan 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 0 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (31 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (KL Rahul 17, RG Sharma 34, Ex 1)
- Over 5.3: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - RG Sharma (Struck down)
- RG Sharma: 50 off 37 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- India: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (71 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 71 balls (KL Rahul 47, RG Sharma 54, Ex 1)
- KL Rahul: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Over 15.3: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - RR Pant (Struck down)
- Over 15.4: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batter - RR Pant (Upheld)
- India: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (102 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 16 balls (RR Pant 18, HH Pandya 31, Ex 2)
- India: 200 runs in 19.2 overs (117 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: India - 210/2 in 20.0 overs (RR Pant 27, HH Pandya 35)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 2 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 59/4 in 9.3 overs (Najibullah Zadran 9)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 1
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (Mohammad Nabi 25, Karim Janat 24, Ex 2)
Match Coverage
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
First Round Group A | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.754 |
NAM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.523 |
IRE | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.853 |
NED | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.46 |
First Round Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SCOT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.775 |
BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.733 |
OMA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.025 |
PNG | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.655 |
Group 1 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
ENG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2.464 |
AUS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1.216 |
SA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0.739 |
SL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -0.269 |
WI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1.641 |
BAN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2.383 |
Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
PAK | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1.583 |
NZ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1.162 |
IND | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1.747 |
AFG | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1.053 |
NAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1.89 |
SCOT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -3.543 |