India vs Afghanistan 1st T20I: The first match of the three-match T20 series between India and Afghanistan was played at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali. In this match, Team India won by 6 wickets. All-rounder Shivam Dubey was the hero of the Indian team’s victory in this match. Shivam Dubey did wonders with the bat as well as the ball in this match and made his place in a special club.
Shivam Dubey’s entry into the special club
Shivam Dubey bowled 2 overs in the first T20 match against Afghanistan and took 1 wicket for just 9 runs. After this he played a good innings with the bat. He scored unbeaten 60 runs in 40 balls. During this, 5 fours and 2 sixes were seen from Shivam Dubey’s bat. With this, he has become the 7th player from India who has taken 1 wicket while scoring 50 or more runs in a T20 match.
Players who have scored 50 runs and taken 1 wicket for India in a T20I match
- Yuvraj Singh vs New Zealand (2009)
- Yuvraj Singh vs Sri Lanka (2009)
- Virat Kohli vs Pakistan (2012)
- Yuvraj Singh vs Pakistan (2012)
- Virat Kohli vs West Indies (2016)
- Hardik Pandya vs England (2022)
- Axar Patel vs Sri Lanka (2023)
- Washington vs New Zealand (2023)
- Tilak Verma vs Bangladesh (2023)
- Shivam Dubey vs Afghanistan (2024)*
This is how the first T20 between India and Afghanistan was
In this match, Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first in this match, Afghanistan team could score only 158 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Mohammad Nabi was the highest run scorer for Afghanistan. He scored 42 runs on 27 balls. On the other hand, Team India had a very bad start. India had lost the first wicket for 0 runs. After this Gill and Tilak Verma took over the innings. After this, Jitesh Sharma played an inning of 31 runs and Rinku Singh contributed 16 runs.
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