Best performances - Batsmen
RG Sharma
74(47) 8x4 - 3x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- slog shot
- 17 runs
- 2x4 - 1x6
KL Rahul
69(48) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 12 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
03/11Result
33rd Match, Group 2 (N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 2021
-
![India]( "India")
210/2 -
![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
144/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
03/11Result
33rd Match, Group 2 (N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Abu Dhabi, Nov 3 2021
-
![India]( "India")
210/2 -
![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
144/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Mohammed Shami
- O4
- M0
- R32
- W3
- Eco8.00
| 2W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
R Ashwin
- O4
- M0
- R14
- W2
- Eco3.50
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Partnerships
India - Innings
Afghanistan - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsEarly flurry of wickets put Afghanistan under pressure - Rashid Khan
Need to protect net run-rate became key ahead of clash with New Zealand
Stats - Rohit Sharma-KL Rahul's reassurance at top and Rishabh Pant-Hardik Pandya's record finish
All the stats and records from India's first win at the men's T20 World Cup 2021.
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, the club Clark Kents turn Supermen for their country
IPL anchors become power players, trading cagey dabs and dinks for unfettered swishes and hoicks
Batters fire India to massive victory, and NRR boost, in must-win game
Rohit and Rahul's 140-run opening stand sets tone as India's NRR goes into the positive
'He's come a long way' - Hamid Hassan's still got it, and he isn't giving it away
It has been a tough road back, and the 34-year-old marked it in style with figures of 3 for 9 against Namibia
Videos
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| First Round Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |