IND vs AFG T20 WORLD CUP 2024: The Indian cricket team has started the Super-8 stage of the T20 World Cup 2024 strongly. Team India defeated Afghanistan, famous for upsets, in a one-sided manner in the match played in Barbados on Thursday. India won this match by 47 runs. Batting first, Team India scored 181 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs based on Suryakumar Yadav’s half-century and Hardik Pandya’s excellent innings. Afghanistan’s team collapsed for 134 runs after playing the full 20 overs.
Rohit-Virat failed(IND vs AFG T20 WORLD CUP 2024)
Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat without thinking. However, the captain could not play a big innings. He got caught by Rashid Khan on the ball of left-arm bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui. Rohit scored eight runs. Rishabh Pant was scoring runs fast, but Rashid put a break on his innings. Pant scored 20 runs with the help of three fours in 11 balls.
Most POTM awards in T20Is
15 Suryakumar Yadav (64 mat)
15 Virat Kohli (120)
14 Virandeep Singh (78)
14 Sikandar Raza (86)
14 Mohd Nabi (126)
Most consecutive wins for India in T20Is
12 bw Nov 2021 & Feb 2022
9 bw Jan 2020 & Dec 2020
8 bw Dec 2023 & June 2024*
All ten batters out caught in an innings in T20 WCs
Afg vs Eng Perth 2022
Afg vs Ind Bridgetown 2024
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav, Player of the Match:
I think there’s a lot of hard work, there are a lot of processes and routines involved in it. I am clear in my mind what I want to do. I don’t mind giving this Player(IND vs AFG T20 WORLD CUP 2024) of the Match to a bowler. First time it’s going to a batter (from India in this tournament), but I don’t mind. I think you just need to know your game plan and play accordingly. I still remember when Hardik came into the bat, I told him to let’s bat with the same intent. Let’s keep pressing the pedal and keep pushing, in the end very happy with a score of 180.
Arshdeep missed a hat-trick
Arshdeep Singh gave the eighth blow to Afghanistan by getting Afghanistan(IND vs AFG T20 WORLD CUP 2024) captain Rashid Khan caught by Jadeja. This wicket fell on the fourth ball of the 18th over. On the next ball, Arshdeep got Naveen Ul Haq caught by Pant and brought India closer to victory. Arshdeep missed a hat-trick on the next ball. Arshdeep ended Afghanistan’s innings by dismissing Noor Ahmed on the last ball.
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