In the quest for the first win of the T20 World Cup 2021, India will take on Afghanistan on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. Both the sides will be playing their respective third fixtures of the tournament as they engage in match 33 of the tournament.
Ahead of the India-Afghanistan encounter in the marquee series, we look at their quick T20I stats.
India vs Afghanistan T20I statistics
Head to head
Total matches 2
India won 2
Afghanistan won 0
Both these T20I matches have been played in the previous edition of the World Cup.
Most runs/ Top run-getters
India
Player name Innings/ Runs
Suresh Raina 2/56
Virat Kohli 1/50
Murali Vijay 1/ 48
Afghanistan
Player name Innings/ Runs
Noor Ali Zadran 1/50
Asghar Stanikzai 2/ 36
Mohammad Nabi 2/31
Highest run-scorers
India
Player name Score
Virat Kohli 50
Murali Vijay 48
Suresh Raina 38
Afghanistan
Player name Score
Noor Ali Zadran 50
Mohammad Nabi 31
Asghar Stanikzai 30
Most sixes
India
Player name Number of sixes
Murali Vijay 3
MS Dhoni 3
Virat Kohli 2
Afghanistan
Player name Number of sixes
Asghar Stanikzai 3
Mohammad Nabi 2
Shafiqullah 2
Most wickets/ Top wicket-takers
India
Player name Innings/ Wickets
Lakshmipathy Balaji 1/3
Ashish Nehra 1/3
Yuvraj Singh 2/3
Afghanistan
Player name Innings/ Wickets
Shapoor Zadran 2/2
Hamid Hassan 1/ 1
Dawlat Ahmadzai 1/1
Most hundreds
No player from either side- India or Afghanistan has ever scored a century whenever the two sides have played T20Is in history.
Most fifties
India
Player name Number of fifties
Virat Kohli 1
Afghanistan
Player name Number of fifties
Noor Ali Zadran 1
