India vs Afghanistan: Shivam Dubey and Yashaswi Jaiswal shine as India wins second Twenty20 cricket match

2024-01-15 06:12:29

Indore ∙ Afghanistan fell to the ground due to the left-handed blow of the Indian youth team. When India won the series by 6 wickets in the second Twenty20, the decisive batting of Shivam Dubey (63 not out in 32 balls) and Yashaswi Jaiswal (68 in 34 balls) who are hoping for a place in the World Cup team. Batting first, India chased down the target of 173 with 26 balls to spare. Score: Afghanistan 172 in 20 overs. India 173 for 4 in 15.4 overs.

Spinner Akshar Patel who conceded only 17 runs in 4 overs and took 2 crucial wickets is the player of the match. Virat Kohli (29 off 16 balls), who played an international Twenty20 match after a gap of 430 days, did not make a bad comeback. The 3rd Twenty20 will be played in Bengaluru on 17th.

India’s reply batting started in disappointment as captain Rohit Sharma was out for the second match in a row. 5 runs on the scoreboard when Rohit was clean-balled on the very first ball he faced. Virat Kohli, who came next, stormed from the start and the gallery got excited. Kohli-Jaiswal’s partnership of 57 runs off 28 balls knocked the confidence of the Afghanistan bowlers. Shivam Dubey’s firework, which came after him, was applying chili to the wound.

They scored 92 runs for the third wicket. Jaiswal completed his half-century in 27 balls while Dubey completed his 50 in 22 balls. Afghanistan batted first on the strength of Gulabdin Naib’s half-century (57 off 35 balls). Najeebullah Zadran (23) shone in the middle order and Mujibur Rahman (21) at the tail end. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets and Ravi Bishnoi and Akshar Patel took 2 wickets each for India.

India came out with 2 changes in the team that played the first match in Mohali. When Jaiswal became the opener instead of Shubman Gill, Tilak Verma lost his place with the arrival of Virat Kohli.

English Summary:

India won against Afghanistan in second Twenty20 cricket match