IND vs AFG Asia Cup Highlights: Virat with the bat and Bhuvneshwar with the ball, India’s journey in the Asia Cup ended with a big win
Afghanistan batsmen did not play
Afghanistan’s batting got derailed in the very first over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar first Hazratullah Jazai and then wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gujbaz was dismissed without opening an account. Bhuvi did not stop here. He dismissed Karim Janat, Najibullah Zadran and then Azmatullah Omerzai. On the score of 21, 6 Afghanistan batsmen were dismissed. After this Rashid Khan along with Ibrahim Zadran took the team past 50 runs.
However, after this, the Afghan team started batting slow and saved themselves from getting all out. Team scored 111 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Ibrahim Zadran completed his fifty by hitting a six in the last over and the team’s score also crossed 100 runs. Dinesh Karthik bowled the last over for India. Ibrahim remained unbeaten on 64. Apart from Bhuvi, Hooda, Ashwin and Arshdeep took 1-1 wickets.
Virat’s stormy century
Earlier, with the help of Virat Kohli (122 not out), India scored 212 runs for the loss of two wickets. For Afghanistan, Fareed Ahmed Malik took two wickets. Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, India’s openers KL Rahul and Virat Kohli batted brilliantly, making 53 runs without losing a wicket in the powerplay. Both the batsmen batted vigorously and took the team’s score to 87 runs in 10 overs.
Kohli hit his third fifty of the tournament in 32 balls. After this, Rahul also completed his fifty in 36 balls. But in the 13th over, India was given a double blow by Farid, Rahul was dismissed for 62 runs in 40 balls, hitting six fours and two fours. Suryakumar Yadav (6) also went on to go bowling.
After the fall of two wickets, Kohli and Rishabh Pant attacked the bowlers fiercely in the middle overs. Kohli hit his first century of T20 International career in 53 balls with a six. Kohli took 18 runs including two sixes and a four off Farooqui’s balls, who came to bowl the 20th over. Kohli scored 122 not out in 61 balls with the help of 12 fours and six sixes and Pant scored 20 not out off 16 balls with the help of three fours.
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