India beat Afghanistan by 47 runs in their first match of the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday, June 20.
Chasing 182 to win, Afghanistan did not get a good start as Jasprit Bumrah got Rahmanullah Gurbaz early on. It became hard to make a comeback for the team as Azmatullah Omarzai top-scored with 26. Bumrah finished with figures of 3/7 as the Afghans were eventually bowled out for 134 in their 20 overs.
Earlier India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. Suryakumar Yadav (53) and Hardik Pandya (32) helped India recover from early blows by Rashid Khan and set a target of 181 for the Afghanistan team to chase at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday, June 20.
Earlier, after winning the toss and opting to bat first, Rohit Sharma got out quickly. Virat Kohli broke the single-digits jinx, but could not make most of the time in the middle, scoring run-a-ball 24. Raashid Khan picked three wickets for 26 runs in his brilliant four-over spell. This is the first match of Group 1 at the Super 8 stage. This group also has Australia and Bangladesh in it.
Rohit confirmed that Mohammed Siraj was replaced by Kuldeep Yadav in the Indian playing 11 for the match in Barbados. Afghanistan also made one change as they rested Karim Janat for the match and brought in explosive batter Hazratullah Zazai.
India playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
How to watch the live telecast of the India vs AFG T20 World Cup 2024 match today?
Star Sports will live telecast the India (IND) vs Afghanistan (AFG) T20 World Cup 2024 match. The English commentary will be available on Star Sports 1 HD/SD and Star Sports 2 HD/SD. Meanwhile, the live Hindi commentary will be available on Star Sports Hindi HD/SD. The India vs AFG live broadcast will be available in other regional languages.