T20 World Cup: India defeats Afghanistan by 47 runs

In the 43rd match of ICC T20 World Cup, India defeats Afghaistan in Kingston Oval cricket stadium, Barbados.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first against Afghanistan.

First inning:

India scored 181 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, with Surya Kumar Yadav leading the charge with 53 runs.

Apart from this, captain Rohit Sharma 8, Virat Kohli 24, Rishabh Pant 20, Shivam Dubey 10 and Harik Pandya got out by scoring 32 runs, Jadeja scored 7 runs and Akshar Patel scored 12 runs.

On behalf of Afghanistan, Fazalul Haq Farooqui and Rashid Khan took 3, 3 while Naveen ul Haq dismissed one player.

Second inning:

Chasing the target of 182, Afghnistan could only score 134 runs in alloted overs.

For Afghanistan, Azmatullah Umarzai scored 26 runs, Najibullah Zadran 19, Muhammad Nabi 18 and Rehmanullah Gurbaz 11 runs.

Jasprit Bumrah took and Arshdeep Singh too three wickets each while Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets for India.