India and Afghanistan are locking horns in a Super 12 round match of the T20 World Cup 2021 in Abu Dhabi. India are still winless in the tournament while Afghanistan are in a good position on the points table.
Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bowl first. India brought Suryakumar Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin in the playing XI while leaving Ishan Kishan and Varun Chakaravarthy. On the other hand, Sharafuddin Ashraf and Hamid Hassan came in Afghanistan’s playing XI.
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Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul walked out to open the innings. They were in good touch from the very beginning and started hitting boundaries from the very first over. Both openers took no time in getting into their grooves and started punishing Afghanistan bowlers.
Rohit Sharma was looking more dangerous and he didn’t waste any time after coming on the pitch. He was hitting boundaries for fun. Gulbadin Naib came to bowl the 11th over of the innings and offered a short ball to Rohit, who was sharp and guided the ball past the wicketkeeper and looted four runs with this intelligent shot.
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Rohit Sharma scored a flamboyant fifty and got out after scoring 74 runs in 47 balls, which featured eight fours and three sixes. Karim Janat dismissed him in the 15th over of the innings.
India Playing XI: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.
Afghanistan Playing XI: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Hamid Hassan.
