India vs Afghanistan LIVE Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Virat Kohli Flops Again, Rashid Khan's Triple-Strike Sends Shivers Down India's Spine

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• June20202421:10 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: India improve

  12 runs came off the Azmatullah Omarzai over. Suryakumar Yadav hit two fours in it. He along with and Hardik Pandya has stitched 20 runs for the fifth wicket so far off only 13 balls. This partnership is proving to be really-really crucial for India and dangerous for Afghanistan.

  IND 110/4 (13)

• June20202421:07 (IST)

  T20 World Cup Live: FOUR!

  What a shot this is from Suryakumar Yadav! It was a fuller ball from Azmatullah Omarzai well outside the off stump, close to the tramline and SKY swept away the ball from there for a four towards square leg.

  IND 103/4 (12.2)

• June20202421:04 (IST)

  T20 World Cup Live: Suryakumar Yadav survives

  That is a narrow escape for Suryakumar Yadav! Hardik Pandya hit the Naveen-ul-Haq delivery down the ground on the fifth ball of the over. Naveen got a touch of his right hand on it and the ball hit the stumps at the non-striker's end. Suryakumar however managed to take his bat inside the crease in time.

  IND 98/4 (12)

• June20202420:58 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: OUT!

  Shivam Dube is gone! Rashid Khan is wreaking havoc. He has claimed his third wicket and India are in all sorts of trouble. It was bowled fuller from Rashid and Dube wanted to block it on the back foot. The ball hit his pad before bat could touch the ball. Umpire was unconvinced but Afghanistan decided to go upstairs and rightly so.

  IND 90/4 (10.5)

• June20202420:55 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: FOUR! DOT! SIX!

  Suryakumar Yadav is playing brilliantly. He is using slow sweeps and sweeps with perfection to counter the Afghanistan spin wizard Rashid Khan. SKY started the over with a four towards backward square leg before slamming a six through the same region on the third ball of the over.

  IND 89/3 (10.3)

• June20202420:49 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: End of 10 overs!

  12 runs came off the Noor Ahmad over. Despite losing three wickets, India have maintained a good scoring rate on this track. The pitch is not that easy to bat on. And if it slows down in the second innings, then India are heading towards a really good total. They just need one good partnership.

  IND 79/3 (10)

• June20202420:47 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: SIX!

  That is a powerful shot from Shivam Dube and it sails over the long-off for a biggie. Noor Ahmad bowled it fuller and Dube took the aerial route. The ball comfortably went over the boundary rope for a six. 

  IND 75/3 (9.3)

• June20202420:45 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: FOUR!

  A beautiful sweep shot from Suryakumar Yadav for a four through the backward square leg. Rashid pitched it fuller outside off stump and Surya dragged it from there for the boundary. Seven runs came off the over.

  IND 67/3 (9)

• June20202420:42 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Virat Kohli is OUT!

  Rashid Khan has got the big wicket of Virat Kohli. The spin wizard bowled it fuller and Kohli wanted to loft it over extra cover but failed to place it well and handed an easy catch to Mohammad Nabi at long-off. India are in serious trouble.

  IND 62/3 (8.3)

• June20202420:40 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Economical over

  Only 6 runs came off the Noor Ahmad over. The silver lining for India despite losing two wickets is that Virat Kohli is still there.

  IND 60/2 (8)

• June20202420:34 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: WICKET!

  Rishabh Pant is gone! You live by the sword, you die by it. Such has been the case for Rishabh Pant, always! He was playing a quickfire knock in his typical style, and he now perishes in the process. Pant tried to play a reverse sweep on the bowling of Rashid Khan and missed it completely. The ball hit him on the back pad and umpire raised his finger. To make things worse, Pant took a review and India lost it.

  IND 54/2 (7)

• June20202420:30 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Catch dropped!

  Naveen-ul-Haq dropped the catch of Rishabh Pant on the third ball of Mohammad Nabi's third over. Pant tried to play a sweep shot but got a top edge on it but Naveen, who was running to his left from the square leg region, dropped it.

  IND 47/1 (6)

• June20202420:24 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: SIX!

  A short of length ball from Naveen-ul-Haq and Virat Kohli goes down the ground in it. He jumped out of his crease to slam the ball over the bowler's head for a handsome six. India need some more boundaries.

  IND 33/1 (4.4)

• June20202420:21 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: 9-run over from Nabi

  Mohammad Nabi has conceded 9 runs in his second over. Notably no boundaries came in the over yet India managed to score well in it, thanks to some good running between the wickets. This is what you expect when Virat Kohli is at the crease. 

  IND 25/1 (4)

• June20202420:16 (IST)

  ND vs AFG Live: OUT!

  Rohit Sharma is OUT! Afghanistan don't have to wait for long for the wicket of Rohit Sharma. He has been dismissed by Fazalhaq Farooqi. This is a big blow for India and Afghanistan are a happier side now. They get the reward of some tight start in bowling.

  IND 11/1 (2.5)

• June20202420:12 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Afghanistan lose review

  On the first ball of the over, Afghanistan reviewed against Rohit Sharma for an LBW as umpire was unconvinced with the appeal. Fazalhaq Farooqi bowled fuller and Rohit completely missed it. However, ball tracking revealed that the it was pitched outside the leg stump. Afghanistan lose the review.  

  IND 8/0 (2.1)

• June20202420:09 (IST)

  T20 WC Live: Brilliant bowling

  Only three singles have come off Mohammad Nabi's first over. This is smart bowling from the Afghanistan star. He knew both Rohit and Kohli are new to crease so kept his line tight on the stumps and thus bowled an economical over.

  IND 8/0 (2)

• June20202420:05 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Scratchy Rohit

  The left-arm angle was definitely troubling Rohit Sharma as only five runs came off Fazalhaq Farooqi's first over. Rohit also got an outside edge on the fifth ball of the over but that slipped away for four through the third man region.

  IND 5/0 (1)

• June20202420:01 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Rohit defends on front foot

  It was a fuller ball from Fazalhaq Farooqi outside off stump to start with. Rohit Sharma put his foot forward and defended it solidly.

• June20202420:00 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Match starts!

  Rohit Sharma is on the strike, Virat Kohli is at the other end. No surprise at all as Fazalhaq Farooqi has the new ball in hand. Here we go...

• June20202419:55 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: National anthems on

  The players of both the sides are out for their respective national anthems. We are minutes away from the start of the contest. Don't leave your seats, folks!

• June20202419:40 (IST)

  T20 World Cup Live: Here are the playing XIs -

  India (Playing XI): 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 XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

• June20202419:39 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: One change for Afghanistan

  "We would have liked to bat first. It's more about how you play the game in T20s. Happy with our preparations and how things have gone. We are facing good teams, need to control our emotions and play our natural game. It does help getting used to the conditions. We have to play good cricket. We have one change, Karim Janat is not playing, Zazai comes in," said Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan.

• June20202419:38 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Why did Rohit opt to bat?

  "We are going to bat first. Looks alright at this moment, looks a good track. No grass on the pitch, I guess it will get slower. It's better than New York. We have to adapt to the conditions quickly. We have been here for a couple of days, we have played a lot of cricket. It's about understanding what we need to do in conditions like these. It's an early start. Usually start in the evening elsewhere. We enjoy playing here. We have made one change, Kuldeep comes in for Siraj," said India captain Rohit Sharma after the toss.

• June20202419:36 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: India opt to bat first

  India captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and opted to bat first against Afghanistan in their opening game of Super Eight. At the toss, Rohit informed that Mohammed Siraj has been benched to include Kuldeep Yadav into India's playing XI.

• June20202419:17 (IST)

  T20 World Cup Live: Rain expected during the game

  There are predictions of rainfall during the game between India and Afghanistan. As per AccuWeather, there are no chances of rainfall during the toss and the first innings but towards the end of the game, the chances of rain are 40 per cent. Have an hourly weather prediction here -

• June20202419:09 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Afghanistan - the dark horses

  Afghanistan qualified for the T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight stage after finishing second in the Group C standings with six points from four games. One of their victories included a dominating 84-run win over New Zealand. Afghanistan registered three wins on the trot before suffering a 104-run loss at the hands of West Indies.

• June20202418:53 (IST)

  T20 World Cup Live: How is the surface?

  The pitch at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados provides really good support to spinners. However, the track is also suited to batters, which means that you cannot rule out a possibility of a high-scoring thriller. After testing themselves in bowling-friendly tracks in US, Indian batters will be more than happy while coming out in the game tonight.

• June20202418:32 (IST)

  Live: Rohit vs Farooqi among key battles to watch out for

  Afghanistan, who were close to a semi-final berth in the ODI World Cup in India last year, are a stronger force in the shortest format. All big teams are wary of them. Spinners have been Afghanistan's strength traditionally but in this tournament, left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi has been their standout bowler and is currently sitting at the top of wicket takers' charts. He has picked 12 wickets from 4 games and poses a big threat to India opener Rohit Sharma, who has struggled against left-arm pacers at the start of his innings.

• June20202418:29 (IST)

  T20 World Cup Live: Afghanistan high on confidence

  Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott feels his team is a stronger unit in a day game and expects his sprightly bunch to optimise the conditions against a formidable India in their opening Super 8 fixture on Thursday. Afghanistan come into the Super Eight, high on confidence, having won three of their four league games including one against New Zealand. Their sole loss came against West Indies earlier this week.

• June20202417:59 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Dravid on the eve of the game

  "It's tough to leave anyone out. I mean all the four guys that we left out in those games, to be honest, are all quality players. It's just that the conditions and what we felt was the requirement in that particular venue made us go with that particular combination where we felt that there wasn't a huge role for spin and it was more of pace more of kind of conditions.

  "And we also wanted to ensure that we had the depth on those tricky kind of tickets. So that's what we went there with. You know, it might be different here. Without giving too much away, certainly. You know, it might be slightly different here. That you might need an extra spinner and then someone like Kuldeep or Yuzi can come into play. They become a very good factor for us," said India head coach Rahul Dravid ahead of the Afghanistan fixture.

• June20202417:57 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Squads -

  India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal

  Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Mohammad Ishaq, Nangeyalia Kharote, Hazratullah Zazai

• June20202417:43 (IST)

  T20 World Cup Live: Kuldeep Yadav back in the mix

  Skipper Rohit Sharma has already stressed on the use of four all-rounders (two pace and two spin) to balance the playing XI. Therefore, he is unlikely to compromise on that front. So the only way Kuldeep fits into the XI is if India drop a third pacer. Kuldeep, much like the opening practice session, had an extended bowling session on Tuesday. He bowled to Rohit and Virat Kohli, who employed the slog sweep against the wrist spinners.

• June20202417:23 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: How will be the weather?

  Rain is predicted during the game India vs Afghanistan game. As per AccuWeather, there are no chances of rainfall during the toss and the first innings but towards the end of the game, the chances of rain are 40 per cent. Have an hourly weather prediction here - 

• June20202416:55 (IST)

  IND vs AFG Live: Either of Kuldeep or Chahal to get a chance

  India head coach Rahul Dravid on Wednesday indicated that one among wrist spinners Kuldeep Yadav or Yuzvendra Chahal could be included in the playing XI in their T20 World Cup Super Eight match against Afghanistan on Thursday, looking at the conditions, which seem conducive for slow bowlers.

• June20202416:50 (IST)

  T20 WC Live: India play after a long gap

  Rohit Sharma and Co. will be playing a game after a gap of 7 days, only if rain allows. Even in today's game, there is chances of rainfall.

• June20202416:32 (IST)

  Welcome guys!

  Unbeaten India take on dark horses Afghanistan in their opening game of the Super Eight round at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. With only 8 teams remaining out of the 20 in the tournament, no match or opponent could be taken lightly. India have been put with Australia, Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Group 1 of the Super 8 stage.