IND vs AFG 2nd T20I Highlights: India take unassailable 2-0 lead in series, win in Indore by 6 wickets
India vs Afghanistan 2nd T20I Highlights: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube and Axar Patel guided Team India to another 6-wicket win in the second T20I against Afghanistan, thereby a 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Dube and Jaiswal smashed fifties while Axar with figures of 2/17 was POTM.
IND vs AFG 2nd T20I Live Score: India take unassailable 2-0 lead in series, win in Indore by 6 wickets
India have done it, with relative ease, an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan. Gulbadin Naib's surprise promotion clicking it for Afghanistan came out of the syllabus for India as the former captain smashed a 28-ball fifty and provided the much-needed push to the scoring rate for the visitors. Najibullah Zadran and Karim Janat at the end with their cameos helped the side a bit, however, 172 was never going to be challenging on a small ground like Indore and the Indian batters came out swinging. Even though skipper Rohit Sharma got out for a duck, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli didn't let anyone feel that India lost an early wicket as they stitched a 57-run stand off just 28 balls. After which Shivam Dube smashed his second consecutive fifty to seal the match off, with 26 balls to spare.
Live updates : India vs Afghanistan 2nd T20I Live Score and Updates
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January 14, 2024 10:34 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Axar Patel keeps on winning the Player of the Match awards, his third in last two months
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January 14, 2024 10:19 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh finish off yet again; India win
India have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan. On the back of fifties from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube, India chased down 173 runs in just 15.4 overs.
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January 14, 2024 10:03 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Karim Janat gets two wickets in an over, India four down
Yashasvi Jaiswal first and then Jitesh Sharma, Karim Janat got two quick wickets in the same over as India suffered a a slight hurdle in an otherwise smooth chase.
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January 14, 2024 10:02 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Dube brings up fifty, second in a row
Shivam Dube slammed his second consecutive fifty off just 22 balls as he continued his good form.
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January 14, 2024 9:49 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Shivam Dube brings up fifty-run partnership with Jaiswal with three sixes
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube are making short work of this 173-run target as they have brought up a fifty-run stand off just 28 balls.
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January 14, 2024 9:36 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Yashasvi Jaiswal brings up half-century
Yashasvi Jaiswal continued to flourish in T20Is as he smashed his fourth half-century in the format for India.
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January 14, 2024 9:19 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale
Virat Kohli OUT
Naveen-ul-Haq ends Virat Kohli's cameo with Ibrahim Zadran taking an easy catch at mid-off. Kohli scored 29 off just 16 balls. India - 69/2 in 6 overs.
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January 14, 2024 9:02 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Rohit Sharma gone for a duck, India lose early wicket
Captain Rohit Sharma's poor run in T20Is continued as he scored a second successive duck, this time a golden one as Fazalhaq Farooqi cleaned him up.
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January 14, 2024 8:53 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Can India chase it down to take a 2-0 lead?
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January 14, 2024 8:52 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
It's all over for Afghanistan, Arshdeep gets two wickets in the final
Arshdeep Singh got two wickets in the final over and a run out as Afghanistan lost three wickets in the final over but did get their score in excess of 170.
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January 14, 2024 8:50 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Karim Janat, Mujeeb get 20 off Shivam Dube
Karim Janat and Mujeeb ur Rahman smashed 20 runs off the 19th over bowled by Shivam Dube, the first instance of experimenting from the Indian team. Dube kept bowling in the hitting area and Afghanistan batters kept smashing it.
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January 14, 2024 8:45 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Najibullah Zadran falls after smashing 17 runs off Bishnoi
Arshdeep Singh with his clever change of pace got the big wicket of Najibullah Zadran, who after a slow start smashed 17 runs off an over of Ravi Bishnoi.
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January 14, 2024 8:17 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Bishnoi gets his second, Nabi's struggle ends
Mohammad Nabis's struggle finally came to an end he mistimed a lofted shot against Ravi Bishnoi to hand a simple catch to the long-off fielder. Afghanistan now have lost half their side before the 15th over.
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January 14, 2024 7:59 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Axar gets the big wicket of half-centurion Gulbadin Naib, Afghanistan four down
Axar Patel got his 50th T20I wicket for India as he dismissed the dangerous Gulbadin Naib to leave Afghanistan four down. This was Axar's second wicket of the day and Afghanistan will need Mohammad Nabi to go big to have a chance of getting to a competitive score.
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January 14, 2024 7:54 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Gulbadin Naib gets to his half-century, continues to score quickly
Senior all-rounder Gulbadin Naib came with a motive to attack and succeeded for the most part as despite wickets falling all around him, he kept hitting and smashed a 28-ball fifty to keep his side in the hunt.
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January 14, 2024 7:41 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Shivam Dube continues his wicket-taking form, Afghanistan lose third
Shivam Dube has continued his wicket-taking form from Ranji Trophy to now the T20Is as he followed up a wicket in the first game in the second one as well as he changed his pace to fox Azmatullah Omarzai and clean him up. Afghanistan have now lost three wickets, two in quick succession.
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January 14, 2024 7:35 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Axar Patel dismisses captain, Afghanistan two down
Ibrahim Zadran's frustrating stay on the crease came to an end as Axar Patel's brilliant away-spinning delivery found his off-stump and Afghanistan have lost both their openers inside the powerplay.
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January 14, 2024 7:33 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Gulbadin Naib makes use of batting promotion, goes big in powerplay
Former Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib made good use of batting promotion to No.3 as he smashed fours and sixes through the powerplay to race off to 32* off 16.
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January 14, 2024 7:28 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Bishnoi gets the breakthrough, Gurbaz flatters to deceive yet again
Rahmanullah Gurbaz had made his intentions clear with a six in the second over but couldn't make it big as he handed a simple catch to mid-on off Ravi Bishnoi.
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January 14, 2024 7:03 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Afghanistan openers come out, India will be eyeing early wickets
Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and captain Ibrahim Zadran have a real chance to do some damage early doors with the bat since it is a small ground here in Indore and the ball will come nicely on to the bat.
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January 14, 2024 6:53 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Virat Kohli giving the pep talk on his return
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January 14, 2024 6:39 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Afghanistan bring in Noor Ahmad
Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
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January 14, 2024 6:38 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Virat Kohli returns, India make two changes
Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
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January 14, 2024 6:37 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
India win the toss, opt to field
Team India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first in the second game in Indore. Rohit said that there was no particular reason apart from the boundaries at the Holkar Stadium being short. Rohit also mentioned that looking at the T20 World Cup, there are a few things that the team wants to try out while ensuring that the result is in their favour as well.
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January 14, 2024 6:30 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
IND vs AFG toss: Small boundaries in Indore might force the team to field first
The pitch in Indore is generally a belter and with small boundaries, the batters will have a field day and hence the team winning the toss might opt to field first given the dew is set to come in the latter half.
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January 14, 2024 6:28 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Can India make the lead 2-0 today itself?
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January 14, 2024 6:27 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
The return of Virat Kohli
The Indian batting stalwart Virat Kohli will be making a return to T20Is after a long gap of 14 months. Kohli missed the first game due to personal reasons and all eyes will be on him and even skipper Rohit Sharma who got out for a duck in Mohali.
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January 14, 2024 6:26 PM (IST) Posted by Anshul Gupta
Team India will hope to seal the series in Indore
Welcome to our live coverage of the second T20I between India and Afghanistan from Indore. Team India won the series opener by six wickets and would be hoping to seal the series in the second game.