With a game-winning blow from Shivam Dube, the hosts managed to chase down 159. He claimed a wicket in the opening over as well.
Earlier, Afghanistan was spared a batting collapse thanks to a vital combination between Azmatullah Omarzai and Muhammad Nabi. Against India, they achieved their highest T20I score of 158/5.
A look at the match summary reveals that after India invited Afghanistan to bat, they got off to a steady start. In spite of the fact that openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran added 50 runs, they were under control.
Afghanistan were down to 57/3 preceding Nabi and Omarzai added 68 runs. Some demise over takes advantage of fueled the Afghans to 158/5.
India lost Rohit Sharma early, yet commitments from Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Dube, and Jitesh Sharma got India home.
Dube’s final part century in T20I cricket
Dube directed India to a six-wicket win. He crushed an unbeaten 60 off 40 balls, a thump bound with 5 fours and 2 sixes.
The left-given hitter assisted India with recuperating from 28/2, offering stands to Varma, Jitesh, and ultimately Rinku Singh.
Dube hammered his final part century in T20I cricket. His just other T20I 50 years came in 2019, the year wherein he made his presentation.
A forgettable record for Rohit
Indian commander Rohit left in the principal over after a horrible mistake with Gill. At the non-striker’s end, the first ran out.
Rohit was angry with Gill, who didn’t answer his approach the pursuit’s subsequent ball.
It was the 6th occasion of Rohit getting a run-out in T20Is, the joint-most for an Indian hitter alongside Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.
Two fifty or more associations
Nabi was Afghanistan’s top scorer in the match. He crushed 42 off 27 balls, a thump bound with 2 fours and 3 sixes. Azmatullah helped him with a 29-run thump.
As per Cricbuzz, this was the primary example of Afghanistan keep two 50+ organizations in similar innings against India in T20I cricket. Openers Gurbaz and Zadran likewise shared a 50-run stand.
India unbeaten against Afghanistan in T20Is
India and Afghanistan have met in just six T20Is at this point. With five victories, India is unbeaten, but one of these matches was canceled.
The different sides have clashed threefold in the ICC T20 World Cup and once in the Asia Cup.
Last year, the India-Afghanistan last at the Asian Games (men’s T20 contest) had no outcome.