IND vs AFG | Twitter reacts as India thrash Afghanistan to register their first victory in T20 World Cup 2021

IND vs AFG | Twitter reacts as India thrash Afghanistan to register their first victory in T20 World Cup 2021

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India defeated Afghanistan by 66 runs on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi

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| Courtesy - Twitter

After losing the first two games at the Super 12 stage, India registered a thumping 66-run victory against Afghanistan on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. Earlier in the Indian batting innings, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma scored brisk fifties and stitched up a 140-run partnership for the opening wicket.

After being asked to bat first, India openers Rohit Sharma (74) and KL Rahul (69) partnered for a 140-run opening stand before the former fell to Karim Jamat in the 15th over. Rishabh Pant (27*) and Hardik Pandya (35*), who was promoted up the order,Ā stitched up a 63-run stand and powered India to 210/2.

In reply, Afghanistan lost thier openers,Ā Hazratullah Zazai (13) andĀ Mohammad Shahzad (0) very early in the innings. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (19), Naib (18), andĀ Najibullah Zadran (11) could not contribute much to the Afghanistan innings in the middle overs as Indian bowlers restricted the run flow. However,Ā Mohammad Nabi (35) andĀ Karim Janat (42*) partnered for aĀ 57-runĀ stand and accelerated the innings, but a disciplined bowling performance from India handed a 66-run defeat to Afghanistan. For India, Mohammad Shami was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped three wickets, whereas veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin clinched two wickets in his comeback game, and played a pivotal role in restricting the Mohammad Nabi-led side to 144/7.

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Massive effort by Jaddu!

Finally one 'W' in WC this year!

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Looked perfect in real-time!

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