A match was played between India and Afghanistan in the Super 8 round of the T20 World Cup. India won the toss and chose to bat first. Batting first, they scored 181 runs and challenged 182 runs for victory. Afghanistan could only score 134 runs in 20 overs. India has gained a big advantage in the Super 8 round and defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs. India has got two points in its account. Also, the net run rate is +2.350. Therefore, one win out of the two more matches will clear the way to the semi-finals. But India will have to win the second match by a big margin. India’s next match is against Bangladesh. India should not make the mistake of underestimating Bangladesh. The Bangladesh team has reached the Super 8 round by making an upset in the league round.
After defeating Afghanistan, captain Rohit Sharma opened his mind. He praised Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. “In the last two years we have come here and played T20. We had planned for this. We have mastered the art of playing from the situation we are in. Our bowling is really powerful and can stop runs. Everyone played a responsible role. Suryakumar and Hardik made a good partnership. We know what Bumrah can do for us. He is very important for us. He has the ability to take responsibility at any time, wherever he plays, he is always ready to take responsibility.”
Jasprit Bumrah gave only 7 runs in a total of 4 overs and took three important wickets. One over was scheduled in this. Its economy rate is 1.80. Afghanistan could not do anything in front of his penetrating bowling. He pushed Afghanistan on the backfoot from the very first over.
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India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbuddin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
