India continued to showcase their dominance over Afghanistan and bagged a six-wicket win in the second T20I in Indore on January 14, Sunday, thereby taking an unassailable 2-0 lead. Chasing the total in both games, Shivam Dube was the star of the show for India as he notched up back-to-back unbeaten half-centuries.
Afghanistan notched up 172 runs in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to GulbadinNaib’s 57(35) and some decent contributions from the lower middle-order batters. After an early setback to the chase in the form of skipper Rohit Sharma’s wicket, Jaiswal and Kohli put up a 57-run stand for the second wicket as the former took charge.
Check all the details given below regarding the match:-
IND vs AFG MatchDetails
Match:IND vs AFG, 3rdT20I, Afghanistan Tour of India
Captains:
Rohit Sharma is going to lead India Cricket Team
Ibrahim Zadranwill lead Afghanistan Cricket Team
When: January 17th2024, Wednesday
Match is going to start at 07:00p.m.
Venue:M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Head to head of these two teams: Both teams have played7 T20I matchesagainst each other. Out of which India has won 6 matches and Afghanistan has won 0 whereas 1 match ended up in no result.
Likely playing XI
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar.
Bench : Tilak Varma, Shubman Gill, KL Yadav, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan
Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, NajibullahZadran, Karim Janat, GulbadinNaib, Noor Ahmad, FazalhaqFarooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Bench : Hazratullah Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, IA Khil, R Shah, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Saleem, Farid Malik
Pitch report
The surface at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is a batter’s paradise. T20 games at this venue have frequently seen 200+ totals as the batters make the best use of the shorter boundaries. Spinners don’t get much assistance here as compared to the pacers but a high-scoring game can be expected.
Best players from both of the teams
Best Batsman:Shivam Dube
Best Bowler:Axar Patel
Weather forecast for today in Bengaluru
Maximum temperature: 28°C
Minimum temperature:18°C
Wind speed: 8km/h
Chances of rain:0%
Capacity of stadium:32,000
Prediction to win: TeamIndia is most likely to win the match
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