Afghanistan’s dreams of winning the Twenty20 International series against India were dashed as the Indians won the next two games to secure the series.
On January 17, though, the visitors will play for dignity in Bengaluru during the third and final Twenty20 International.
In the first two games, Afghanistan has shown signs of improvement, but they have yet to deliver a flawless performance.
Here is a preview of the match.
A gander at the straight on record
India and Afghanistan have met in just seven T20Is at this point. While India stay unbeaten with six successes, one of these games was cleaned out.
The different sides have clashed threefold in the 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.
Here are the vital subtleties
The M Chinnaswamy Arena will have the third T20I between the two groups on January 17.
It is an extraordinary batting surface, and the short aspects make it hard to guard scores. From nine matches, five batting-first teams have won the T20Is here.
Sports18 will broadcast the match, while JioCinema will permit fans to live-stream it from 7:00pm IST.
India’s record at the Chinnaswamy Arena in T20Is
India have a blended T20I record at the M Chinnaswamy Arena in Bengaluru. They have played seven matches at this scene, having won and lost three matches each. One game was lost to rain.
India’s 202/6 victory over England in the 2017 T20I was the venue’s highest score.
India likewise protected the most minimal absolute here – 146/7 against Bangladesh in 2016.
At Chinnaswamy Stadium, Kohli has scored more than 3,000 T20 runs. Virat Kohli has played 96 T20 matches there and has scored 3,116 runs at an average and strike rate of 38.95 and 141.50, respectively. His count incorporates 23 fifties and four tons.
2,700 of Kohli’s T20 runs at Chinnaswamy have come in the IPL. In T20Is, Kohli flaunts 116 stumbles into five excursions. The count incorporates a 72* against Australia (2019).