IND vs AFG / India won the first T20 match by 6 wickets - Shivam Dubey's I Fifty

IND vs AFG: India has won the first match of the T20 series against Afghanistan by 6 wickets. With this, Team India has continued its unbeaten record against Afghanistan. This is India's 5th win over Afghanistan in T20. With this victory, the Indian team has gone 1-0 ahead in the 3-match series. The second match of the series will be played in Indore on 14 January.

Team India won the toss and decided to bowl in Mohali on Thursday. Afghanistan, batting first, scored 158 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the Indian team achieved the target of 4 wickets in 17.3 overs.

Shivam Dubey scored unbeaten 60 runs, while Jitesh Sharma played an inning of 31 runs. Opener Shubhman Gill contributed 23 runs and Tilak Verma contributed 26 runs. In bowling, Mukesh Kumar and Akshar Patel took two wickets each.

Shivam Dubey scored half century in 38 balls

Lefty batsman Shivam Dubey scored the second half-century of his T20 International career. Dubey completed his half-century in 38 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six.

Rohit was run out due to confusion

Rohit was run out due to confusion on the second ball of the Indian innings. On Fazalhaq Farooqui's ball, Rohit drove towards mid-off and ran to take a single. Shubman looked back to see that the fielder had caught the ball and refused to take the run. By then Rohit had reached the crease at the bowlers end. The wicketkeeper received the throw and easily ran out Rohit.

Afghanistan's biggest score against Team India

Afghanistan has made the highest T20 score against India. The Afghan team, after losing the toss and batting first, scored 158 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Mohammad Nabi played an inning of 42 runs on 27 balls. He was the top scorer of the team. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 29 runs. Akshar Patel got two wickets for the Indian team.

Afghani openers could score only 33 runs in powerplay

After losing the toss and coming to bat, Afghanistan had a slow start. The pair of captain Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz could score only 33 runs in the first 6 overs. During this period the batsmen also got two lives.

Playing Eleven

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubhman Gill, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishwoi, Arshdeep Singh and Mukesh Kumar.

Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui and Mujeeb ur Rehman.