Team India are ready to face Afghanstan in Match No. 43 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. This match will be played on Thursday at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. This is the first match for both teams in the Super 8 stage, and it will be an important clash for both teams. India have dominated Afghanistan across formats and never lost to them. But the last time these two teams faced each other in the T20 format, it was a high-voltage clash. It was a nail-biting clash that took two Super Overs to get the result. So let’s check out what happened in that clash.
IND vs AFG: Match Summary.
India and Afghanistan played a three-match T20 in January 2024. India won the series by winning the first two games. Then, both teams met in the third and final game at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Afghanistan won the toss and put India to bat. India had a poor start, and they were 4/22, but then came a record-breaking partnership between Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh of an unbeaten 190 runs. Rinku made 69* off 39, while Rohit scored his fifth ton and made 121* off 69. India posted a total of 212/4. In reply, Afghanistan had a superb start, as their top three scored fifty each. But then they lost their way. Eventually, Gulbadin Naib (55 off 23) played a brilliant cameo to take Afghanistan to 212/6, and the game ended in a tie.
India: 212/4 (Rohit Sharma – 121* off 69 and Rinku Singh – 69* off 39)
Afghanistan: 212/6 (Gulbadin Naib – 55* off 23 and Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 50 off 32)
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IND vs AFG: First Super Over
It was Afghanistan that batted first in the first Super Over. They scored a total of 16 runs. In reply, India had two runs off the first two balls. But then Rohit smashed two consecutive sixes off Azmatullah Omarzai to take the score to 14 runs. Rohit took a single on the fifth ball, and it was Yashasvi Jaiswal who was facing the last ball. India need two runs, but Jaiswal only managed a single, and India also made 16 runs in the Super Over, and the game went into the second Super Over.
Afghanistan: 16/1 : Mohammad Nabi – 7(2), Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 5(2) and Gulbadin Nabi – 1(1)
India: 16/0 : Rohit Sharma – 13(4) and Yashasvi Jaiswal – 2(2)
IND vs AFG: Second Super Over
India batted in the second Super Over and it was Fareed Ahmad who was ready with the ball. Rohit was on the crease, and he hit six and four off the first two balls. On the third ball, he took a single, and India were 11/0 after the first three balls. But India lost to Rinku Singh and Sanju Samson on the next two balls, and India managed 11/2 in the second Super over. It looked difficult for the hosts. Rohit played a gamble and gave Ravi Bisnoi the over, but the leg-spinner did an amazing job. He dismissed Mohammad Nabi and Rahmanullah Gurbaz on the first and third balls to take India to victory. This was how India won the game after two Super Overs.
India: 16/2 in 5 Balls : Rohit Sharma – 11(3), Rinku Singh – 0(1)and Sanju Samson – 0(1)
Afghanistan: 1/2 in 3 Balls : Mohammad Nabi 0(1), Karim Janat 1(1) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz 0(1)