On Wednesday, the teams of India and Afghanistan were face to face in the ground of Abu Dhabi. Winning this match was a must for India if it wanted to maintain its hopes for the semi-finals. The Indian team not only had to win this match but also register a big win over Afghanistan to improve their run rate. Batting first, the Indian team scored a mammoth score of 210 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 2 wickets, in response, the Afghanistan team could score only 144 runs in their 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets and with this the Indian team won the World Cup. opened the account of
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The captains of both the teams came to the field for the toss and once again the coin did not fall in the favor of captain Virat Kohli. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and invited India to bat, a big challenge for the Indian team, who had lost both their matches while batting first in the World Cup.
It was very important for the Indian openers to do well and something similar happened when Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul put up a huge partnership of 140 runs in 88 balls and laid the foundation for India’s victory. Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 74 runs in just 47 balls, while on the other hand Rahul was also not far behind, he played a tremendous innings of 69 runs in 48 balls.
Both the openers were looking very good, but at the same time Karim Janat took the wicket of Rohit in 15 overs, after which Gulbadin showed the way to the pavilion to KL Rahul within two overs. Once again the Indian team’s car seemed to be derailed but Rishabh Pant’s 27 runs in 13 balls and Hardik Pandya’s unbeaten 35 runs in 13 balls took India to a mammoth score of 210.
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Chasing 211 runs, Afghanistan’s start was not very good, in the third over, Mohammed Shami sent Mohammad Shahzad back to the pavilion. Soon after, Jasprit Bumrah also dismissed Hazratullah, the second opener of Afghanistan. After this, the Indian bowlers kept taking wickets at frequent intervals and did not give Afghanistan a chance to make a comeback in the match.
Afghanistan’s run chase, which had been derailed from the beginning, was tried by Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi and Karim Janat to get it back on track but it was too late. For Afghanistan, Karim played an unbeaten innings of 42 runs in 22 balls. The most successful bowler for India was Mohammed Shami who took 3 wickets, apart from Ravichandran Ashwin taking 2 wickets while bowling well. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja also took 1-1 wickets and contributed to India’s first win.
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