Tags: ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024,
Afghanistan vs India, 43rd Match, Super 8 Group 1 at Barbados, Jun 20, 2024,
Afghanistan,
India,
Suryakumar Ashok Yadav
Revealed on: Jun 21, 2024
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Suryakumar Yadav scored 53 off 28 balls after which Jasprit Bumrah posted imperious figures of three/7 as India beat Afghanistan by 47 runs to start out off their Tremendous 8 marketing campaign within the 2024 T20 World Cup. Suryakumar put up a 60-run stand off simply 37 balls with Hardik Pandya for the fifth wicket. Axar Patel then smashed 12 runs in six balls to take India to a rating of 181/8.
Earlier, Afghanistan’s bowlers didn’t enable India to fly off to a powerful begin after Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat first. Rohit fell to Fazalhaq Farooqi within the third over after which Rashid Khan dismissed Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli after the powerplay. Kohli was trying to play deep however ended up holing out at long-off on a run-a-ball 24.
Suryakumar took over after Kohli’s dismissal and he finally discovered a gradual accomplice in Pandya. The latter finally fell on 32 off 24 within the 18th over. India’s bowlers then took over with Bumrah dismissing each of Afghanistan’s openers in his first two overs. India had introduced on an additional spinner in Kuldeep Yadav and the transfer reaped dividends with the Afghanistan batters being starved for runs within the center overs.
Afghanistan misplaced three wickets within the powerplay and the remainder of the collapse got here after the tenth over. Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets every. Whereas Arshdeep gave 36 runs, Bumrah gave simply seven in his 4 overs, an eye-watering financial system of 1.75.
