T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8: India vs Afghanistan| Match Results| Award Winners| POTM| Stats| Records

India defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs to win their first Super-8 match.

India vs Afghanistan: India registered a victory against Afghanistan in the third match of the Super-8 stage of the T20 World Cup 2024.

India won the toss and decided to bat first, and India started with their opening duo, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Afghanistan’s left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi brought trouble for the skipper as he picked up Rohit Sharma’s wicket in the third over of the match. Rishabh Pant hit some exciting shots to run the scoreboard as Virat Kohli was rotating strikes from the other end, but with the end of the powerplay when Rashid Khan started his spell, India lost two quick wickets as Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli got out. India was three down with less score on the board. Then came Suryakumar Yadav, who batted in his rhythm and made the batting look easy on the surface. The right-handed batter scored his fifty and got the support of Hardik Pandya, who played well to take his team beyond the score of 150 runs. India posted a total of 181/8 at the end of 20 overs.

Chasing 182 runs, Afghanistan’s start was explosive. Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit some good shots in the beginning, but Jasprit Bumrah was too good for him and dismissed the batter in the next over after the first wicket batters of Afghanistan looked ineffective in front of India’s bowling attack and lost their wickets at regular intervals. Azmatuallah Omarzai was the highest run scorer for his team; he scored 26 runs. Afghanistan scored 134 at the end of 20 overs and lost the match by 47 runs.

T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8: India vs Afghanistan| Batting Scorecard

BATTING(India) RB4s6s
Rohit Sharma (c)c Rashid Khan b Fazalhaq Farooqi81310
Virat Kohli c Mohammad Nabi b Rashid Khan242401
Rishabh Pant lbw b Rashid Khan201140
Suryakumar Yadav c Mohammad Nabi b Fazalhaq Farooqi532853
Shivam Dube lbw b Rashid Khan10701
Hardik Pandya c Azmatullah Omarzai b Naveen-ul-Haq322432
Ravindra Jadeja c Gulbadin Naib b Fazalhaq Farooqi7510
Axar Patel run out (Rahmanullah Gurbaz/Naveen-ul-Haq)12620
Arshdeep Singh not out2200
Extras(lb 5, w 8)13
TOTAL20 Ov (RR: 9.05)181/8
BATTING(Afghanistan) RB4s6s
Rahmanullah Gurbaz c Pant b Bumrah11811
Hazratullah Zazai c Jadeja b Bumrah2400
Ibrahim Zadran c Sharma b Patel81110
Gulbadin Naib c Pant b Kuldeep Yadav172111
Azmatullah Omarzai c Patel b Jadeja262021
Najibullah Zadran c Arshdeep Singh b Bumrah191702
Mohammad Nabi c Jadeja b Kuldeep Yadav141401
Rashid Khan (c)c Jadeja b Arshdeep Singh2600
Noor Ahmad c Sharma b Arshdeep Singh121811
Naveen-ul-Haq c Pant b Arshdeep Singh0100
Fazalhaq Farooqi not out4110
Extras(b 4, lb 7, nb 1, w 7)19
TOTAL20 Ov (RR: 6.70)134

T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8: India vs Afghanistan| Bowling Scorecard

BOWLING(Afghanistan)OMRW0s4s6s
Fazalhaq Farooqi403331241
Mohammad Nabi30240730
Naveen-ul-Haq40401932
Rashid Khan402631331
Noor Ahmad30300412
Azmatullah Omarzai20230321
BOWLING(India)OMRW0s4s6s
Arshdeep Singh403631232
Jasprit Bumrah41732010
Axar Patel311511101
Hardik Pandya20130811
Kuldeep Yadav403221122
Ravindra Jadeja30201401

T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8: India vs Afghanistan| Award Winners| Records

Player Of The Match(India vs Afghanistan): Suryakumar Yadav(India), 53 runs off 28 balls

Most Runs Scored in (India vs Afghanistan) match: Suryakumar Yadav(India), 53 runs off 28 balls

Best Spell(India vs Afghanistan): Jasprit Bumrah(India), 3/7 in 4 overs

  • This was Suryakumar Yadav 15th POTM award in 64 matches he played.
  • Jasprit Bumrah conceded just 7 runs in his spell and took 3 wickets.

T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8: India vs Afghanistan| Captains’ Corner

The last two years we’ve played T20s here, so we understand the conditions and planned accordingly. We adapted well and got 180, which was a great effort from the batters. We had class bowlers who defended it perfectly. Everyone came in and did their job, that’s critical and we dwell on it. SKY and Hardik’s partnership was critical at that point, we needed someone to bat deep which they did. We know Bumrah’s class and what he can do. Important for us to use him smartly regardless of conditions. He’s willing to responsibility and he’s been doing it for years. (Three-spinners combination) Have to assess conditions, opposition and based on that we’re open to make changes if required. 

Rohit Sharma(India Captain) said post-match

We knew we’d be chasing 160-170 given it was against a bigger team. We could’ve done it had we executed smarter. My bowling has been coming out well, I struggled early in the IPL but am hitting the right areas consistently. but it’s the match result that matters most. We’ve enjoyed our cricket everywhere but our mindset is what matters. If the conditions are helpful, we’ll use it depending on if it’s a batting or bowling track.

Rashid Khan(Afghanistan Captain) said post-match

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