India vs Afghanistan 1st T20 Highlights: All-round Dube wins it for India

India vs Afghanistan Highlights, 1st T20 international: Shivam Dube's all-round show, where he hit 60 with the bat and took a wicket in two overs with the ball, helped the Men in Blue to a victory

10:24 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Match Summary

 

Shivam Dube starred in India’s six-wicket win over Afghanistan in the first match of the three-match series at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA)  Stadium in Mohali on Thursday, January 11. Dube hit an unbeaten 60 off 40 balls and also took 1/9 in his two overs with the ball to announce his comeback to the Indian squad.

 

Along with Dube, Jitesh Sharma (31), Tilak Varma (26) and Rinku Singh (16*) also played important knocks. Rohit Sharma was run out on the very first ball. Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman was the pick of the bowlers for the Afghanistan side as he finished his four overs with figures of 2/21. India now lead the series 1-0 going into the second match in Indore on Sunday, January 14. 

 

Earlier Mohammad Nabi (41), Azmatullah Omarzai (29) and Najibullah Zadran's 19* off just 11 balls helped Afghanistan post 158/5 in the first innings

 

For India, Axar Patel was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with figures of 2/23 in his four overs. Mukesh Kumar took two wickets as well. 

 

India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Avesh Khan, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal are missing from India’s playing 11 meaning that Jitesh Sharma will keep the wicket tonight. 

 

10:11 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Dube finishes it in style India win by six wickets,

 

Over Summary: 1 6 4; IND 159-4 after 17.3 overs

Rinku Singh (16), Shivam Dube (60); Naveen-ul-Haq 3.3-0-43-0

 

Six!! Dube hits a maximum and goes past his own personal best score in T20 internationals. It was a huge six indeed. Dube finishes it in style with a four and India take a 1-0 lead in the series. 

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10:04 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Dube hist second T20 fifty

 

Over Summary: 1 4 1 0 1 1; IND 148-4 after 17 overs

Rinku Singh (15), Shivam Dube (50); Azmatullah Omarzai 4-0-33-1

 

Second T20 international fifty for Shivam Dube and is hell-bent on making the second chance count for him. With the ball he picked a wicket and is now seeing his team through. That is some batting. 

 

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10:02 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Dube marching towards fifty

 

Over Summary: 4 1 1 1 1 1; IND 140-4 after 16 overs

Rinku Singh (9), Shivam Dube (48); Naveen-ul-Haq 3-0-32-0

 

Shivam Dube is marching towards his fifty here as he moves to 48 and India need only 19 more runs to win the match in the next four overs.  

 

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9:57 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: India cruisng

 

Over Summary: 0 4 1 2 Wd 1 1; IND 121-4 after 15 overs

Rinku Singh (7), Shivam Dube (41); Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-0-26-0

 

Fazalhaq Farooqui was brought back into the attack and he is unable to provide Afghanistan with any breakthrough as Dube and Rinku are cruising towards the chase. 

 

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9:51 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Runs coming thick and fast, Jitesh out

 

Over Summary: 1 0 4 0 W 4; IND 121-4 after 14 overs

Rinku Singh (4), Shivam Dube (35); Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4-1-21-2

 

Runs are coming thick and fast here for Jitesh Sharma and India as the target now goes below 50. Just as I type that, Jitesh has holed out in the deep to Afghan skipper Ibrahim Zadran. Rinku SIngh is the new man in and he hits a four first ball. 

 

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9:45 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Jitesh living dangerously

 

Over Summary: 4 2 2 1 1 0; IND 102-3 after 13 overs

Jitesh Sharma (27), Shivam Dube (34); Azmatullah Omarzai 3-0-25-1

 

Jitesh Shram is living dangerously here as he is -laying the ball in the air, but somehow managing to keep the ball away from the fielders. 

 

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9:41 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Jitesh survives

 

Over Summary: 4 1 0 4 2 1; IND 102-3 after 12 overs

Jitesh Sharma (18), Shivam Dube (33); Gulbadin Naib 1-0-12-0

 

Janat misjudges an easy catch and as a result, Jitesh Sharma survives. It was an easy catch had the man with long, Dhoni-like hair steadied himself and had a look at the ball before going for it and then running back and chasing it. 

 

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9:37 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: First over after break

 

Over Summary: 0 1 0 1 1 4; IND 90-3 after 11 overs

Jitesh Sharma (11), Shivam Dube (28); Azmatullah Omarzai 2-0-15-1

 

First over after drinks breaks and India collect seven to remain ahead in the run chase. 

 

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9:33 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Nine runs from the over

 

Over Summary: 2 1 4 0 1 1; IND 83-3 after 10 overs

Jitesh Sharma (6), Shivam Dube (26); Naveen-ul-Haq 2-0-23-0

 

Jitesh Shram gets his first boundary and it has come courtesy of a four over the keeper’s head. 

 

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9:26 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Omarzai gets Tilak

 

Over Summary: 1 1 4 W 1 1; IND 74-3 after 9 overs

Jitesh Sharma (1), Shivam Dube (21); Azmatullah Omarzai 1-0-8-1

 

Azmatullah Omarzai gets a wicket and it is the big wicket of Tilak Varma who has been caught at deep backward square leg by Gulbadin Naib. It was a great catch indeed. 

 

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9:20 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Tilak on the move

 

Over Summary: 1 6 1 1 1 4; IND 66-2 after 8 overs

Tilak Varma (21), Shivam Dube (20); Naveen-Ul-Haq 1-0-14-0

 

If was Dube in the last over, it is Tialk Varma in this one as he pulls one over deep fine-leg for a six. 14 runs from this over make it two good overs in a row. 

 

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9:15 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Dube with a monstrous six

 

Over Summary: 1 6 Wd 1 Wd 1 1 4; IND 52-2 after 7 overs

Tilak Varma (13), Shivam Dube (14); Mohammad Nabi 2-0-24-0

 

Dube gets going and deposits one over deep mid-wicket for the first six of the match. This was never a wide and the umpire must not give such wides to make it even worse for the bowlers. Tilak Varma gets a four off the over as well and India reach the 50-run mark.

 

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9:12 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Maiden over to end Powerplay

 

Over Summary: 0 1 1 0 1 5; IND 36-2 after 6 overs

Tilak Varma (7), Shivam Dube (6); Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3-1-12-1

 

Powerplay over and what a way to end it from Mujeeb who bowls a maiden over against Shivam Dube. 

 

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9:10 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: 8 from the over

 

Over Summary: 0 1 1 0 1 5; IND 36-2 after 5 overs

Tilak Varma (7), Shivam Dube (6); Mohammad Nabi 1-0-8-0

 

A good over gets tarnished with five runs off the last ball courtesy of a wild throw from the short-fine leg fielder which went past the boundary lines. 8 from the over. 

 

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9:07 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Mujeeeb gets Shubman stumped

 

Over Summary: 1 4 0 4 W 0; IND 28-2 after 4 overs

Tilak Varma (5), Shivam Dube (0); Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2-0-12-1

 

Shubman Gill is bossing the show as he hits Mujeeb for back-to-back fours. One passed the cover and one over mid-off and suddenly on the third one, he,  trying to go down the ground, misses the ball and Gurbaz behind the stumps does the rest to get rid of Shubman.

 

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9:01 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Shubman on the charge

 

Over Summary: 0 1 4 0 4 2; IND 19-1 after 3 overs

Tilak Varma (4), Shubman Gill (15); Fazalhaq Farooqi 2-0-16-0

 

Shubman Gill, after hitting two fours on the over, gets the ball hit on the ball while running and it goes for an overthrow and he does not hesitate in taking the run. Most of the time players these days don’t take the run. 

 

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8:58 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Mujeeb into the attack

 

Over Summary: 0 1 1 0 0 1; IND 8-1 after 2 overs

Tilak Varma (3), Shubman Gill (5); Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1-0-3-0

 

Mujeeb Ur Rahman is right on the money and goes for only three runs in his over. 

 

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8:53 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Gill gets a four

 

Over Summary: 4 1 0 WD 1 4 4; IND 5-1 after 01 overs

Tilak Varma (1), Shubman Gill (4); Fazalhaq Farooqi 1-0-5-0

 

Gill gets a four off the last ball of the first over to calm some of his nerves down. 

 

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8:50 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Rohit Sharma run-out

This is one of the worst starts possible for Rohit Shram and India as Shubman Gill was ball-watching and never listened to the call of his partner, who wanted a single.

Both the batters are at the same end and Rohit is run-out. 

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8:35 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Afghans finish at 158/5

 

Over Summary: 4 1 0 WD 1 4 4; AFG 158-5 after 20 overs

Karim Janat (9), Najibullah Zadran (19); Arshdeep Singh 4-1-28-0

 

Four off the first ball again from Najibullah and this time around he gets a single off the second to try and get past 150 as quickly as possible. Dot ball and Arshdeep utilises his skills to get it away from Janatt, who was standing near the wide-ball mark on the off-side. 

 

This time around Janat stays in his crease and the ball is at the same place agin and thus called a wide. 150 up for the Afghans with two balls yet to come. 

 

Tilak Varma nearly caught a blinder here as he chased the ball down from short third-man till the third-man boundary and dived to take it, running back, but was unable to hold on to it. 

 

The yorker also goes for a four past the deep backward square leg and Afghans will get 15 from the last over to finish at 158/5. India would need 159 to win the match.

 

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8:29 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: 13 from the over

 

Over Summary: 4 0 1 0 4 4; AFG 143-4 after 19 overs

Karim Janat (8), Najibullah Zadran (6); Washington Sundar

3-0-27-0

 

Four off the first ball dropped off the second and single of the third. So far so good from Washington Sundar who is bowling the 19th. Dot off the fourth one as Janat tries to hit out of Mohali, but gets no connection. This time he is smart enough to guide it over infield for a four. Carved through the off-side for four and it becomes a 13-run over. 

 

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8:25 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Double-wicket over from Mukesh

 

Over Summary: W 0 1 1 Wd N L1 W; AFG 130-4 after 18 overs

Mohammad Nabi (42), Najibullah Zadran (1); Mukesh Kumar 

4-0-33-2

 

Mukesh has carried on the momentum built by Arshdeep as he bowls one outside off and asks Omarzai to play at it, who chops it back on to the stumps. 

 

No ball!! Bizarre bowling from Mukesh Kumar as he keeps going short and bowls two over-the-shoulder bouncers and it is called a no-ball. No ball dies no harm as it only gets Nabi back on strike courtesy of a single on the free hit. 

 

Wicket!! Nabi chased a wide ball and could only hit it to a deep backward point where Rinku Singh caught the ball easily to give the Afghans their fifth blow. 

 

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8:17 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Brilliant over from Arshdeep

 

Over Summary: 0 1 0 1 Wd 1 1; AFG 125-3 after 17 overs

Mohammad Nabi (41), Azmatullah Omarzai (29); Arshdeep Singh

3-1-13-0

 

Brilliant bowling from Arshdeep Singh as he goes for only two runs in his first four balls of the over. Bowls a wide on the fifth one though. Just five runs from the over and it has been a stupendous one against the run of play. 

 

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8:10 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Fifty partnership between Nabi and Omarzai

 

Over Summary: 1 1 6 6 0 1; AFG 120-3 after 16 overs

Mohammad Nabi (39), Azmatullah Omarzai (27); Mukesh Kumar

3-0-29-0

 

Fifty partnership has come up between Nabi and Omrzai and it has come up in only 32 balls. A real rescue work by these two for Afghans. 

 

Back-to-back sixes by Nabi as he hits one on the short ball through the off side and then picks the slower length ball and deposits it over deep mid-wicket as well. Mukesh bowls a slower low-full toss on the next ball and gets off the hook as it goes for no runs. 
 

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8:07 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: 100 up for Afghans

 

Over Summary:6 1 4 4 0 1; AFG 105-3 after 15 overs

Mohammad Nabi (25), Azmatullah Omarzai (26); Ravi Bishnoi

3-0-35-0

 

Afghanistan have brought up their 100 in the 15th over as Omarzai and Nabi hit Bishnoi for 20 runs in his third over. 

 

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8:05 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Axar Patel finishes a great spell

 

Over Summary:1 1 2 1 0 1; AFG 85-2 after 14 overs

Mohammad Nabi (16), Azmatullah Omarzai (19); Axar Patel 4-0-23-2

 

Axar Patel finishes a great spell as he takes two and goes for only 23 runs in his four overs. 

 

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8:03 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Nabi hits a six

 

Over Summary:1 0 2 1 6 1; AFG 79-2 after 13 overs

Mohammad Nabi (12), Azmatullah Omarzai (17); Ravi Bishnoi 2-0-19-0

 

Mohammad Nabi smashes one over deep mid-wicket for a huge six. Bishnoi goes for 11 runs in the over. 

 

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8:02 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Omarzai dropped

 

Over Summary:0 1 1 0 1 4; AFG 68-2 after 12 overs

Mohammad Nabi (4), Azmatullah Omarzai (14); Shivam Dube 2-0-9-1

 

Shivam Dube could have had two in tow-overs. But Rohit Sharma dropped Omarzai. 

 

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7:59 PM

India vs Afghanistan Live Score | 1st T20: Bishnoi into the attack

 

Over Summary:1 1 4 1 0 1; AFG 61-2 after 11 overs

Rahmat Shah (3), Azmatullah Omarzai (3); Ravi Bishnoi 1-0-8-0

 

Ravi Bishnoi comes into the attack and goes for eight runs. 

 

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