ICC T20 World Cup on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi India faces Afghanistan. India wants to win this match at any cost to stay afloat in the competition after their crushing defeats at the hands of Pakistan and New Zealand. A victory against Afghanistan although might not be enough for Virat Kohli and his men as they would also need the Afghans to beat New Zealand later in the tournament.
Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl
India won by 66 runs
Scorecard: IND 210/2 (20)
Scorecard: AFG 114/7 (20)
India vs Afghanistan Squad
India: Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Suryakumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar
Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Mohammad Nabi (c), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Hamid Hassan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Usman Ghani, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Fareed Ahmad, Sharafuddin Ashraf
India vs Afghanistan Playing XI
India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Hamid Hassan
| Match Details | |
|---|---|
| Match | IND vs AFG, 33rd Match, Super 12 Group 2, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 |
| Date & Time | Wednesday, 03 November 2021, 19:30 IST |
| Venue | Abu Dhabi |
| Umpires | Paul Reiffel, Richard Kettleborough |
| Third Umpire | Aleem Dar |