Super-eight Group 1 first match between India and Afganistan match venue Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. Indian Captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat first.
Fazalhaq Farooqi strikes early in the innings and Rohit Sharma backed to pavilion early in just 8 runs. Other oppener Virat Kohli anchor the innings and try to build for India but Virat also got out in 24 runs. Rishabh Pant also got some decend score for the team. Middle order batter Suryakumar Yadav nevigate the innings and scored a brilliant 53 in just 28 balls, supporting role played by Hardik Pandiya scored 32. At the end of the innings India total 181 runs in 120 balls.
Afganistan are heavily depended by their opperns Rahmanullah Gurbaz & Hazratullah Zazai. Both of them got out early by Bumrah. Azmatullah Omarzai tried & contributed by 26 runs. Others didn’t reposnded accordeing to the requred run rate. As a result Afganistan short by 47 runs. Match summary:
