India beat Afghanistan in the first T-20 Match with 6 Wickets. India hosts Afghanistan in IS Bindra Stadium Mohali. The visitor batted first and scored 158/5 runs in 20 overs. Shivam Dube scored 60 runs off 40 balls helping India to win a match with 6 wickets and 15 balls left. India Team leads 1-0 in a three-match series.
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar.
Afghanistan Playing eleven
Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen Ul Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
India beat Afghanistan in the first T-20 Match
Indian team won the toss Indian skipper Rohit Sharma decided to bowl. Afghanistan skipper Ibrahim Zadran (captain) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s opening pair came to bat for Afghanistan. Arshdeep Singh came to attack with the ball for the Indian team. Gurbaz and Zadran gave a steady start to the team they put 50 runs on the board. On 8th over Wicket keeper stumped Gurbaz Ball by Axar Patel.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz struggling to play his natural game scored 23 runs off 28 balls with the strike rate of 82.14. On the 9th over Ibrahim Zadran tried to hit a shot on an offside ball caught by Indian skipper Rohit Sharma ball by Shivam Dube. Zadran scored 25 runs off 22 balls. On the 10th over Axar Patel bold Rahmat Shah, who scored 3 runs off 6 balls.
Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai had an amazing partnership of 68 runs on 18 the over Mukesh Kumar’s bold Azmatullah Omarzai on score of 29 runs off 22 balls on same Rinku Singh caught catch in deep of Mohammad Nabi who scored 42 runs off 27 balls. Najibullah Zadran and Karim Janat Remain not out Najibullah Zadran scored 19 runs off 11 balls and Karim Janat scored 9 runs off 5 balls. Afghanistan managed to score 158/5.
Balling stats of India
| Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy | |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 01 | 28 | 00 | 7.00 |
| Mukesh Kumar | 4 | 00 | 33 | 02 | 8.25 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 00 | 23 | 02 | 5.75 |
| Washington Sundar | 3 | 00 | 24 | 00 | 9.00 |
| Shivam Dube | 2 | 00 | 09 | 01 | 4.50 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 3 | 00 | 35 | 00 | 11.67 |
Tilak Verma and Shivam Dube built a partnership of 44 runs on the 9th over Gulbadin Naib caught Tilak Varma on the leg side Azmatullah Omarzai took his first wicket of this match. Tilak Verma scored 26 runs off 22 balls.Jitesh Sharma and Shivam Dube playing with the intent to kill the game, they had a partnership of 45 runs. Jitesh Sharma tried for a big hit but he did not get elevation on the shot catch taken by Ibrahim Zadran and the ball by Mujeeb Ur Rahman in the 14th over.
For his unbeaten 60*(40) in the chase, Shivam Dube is adjudged the Player of the Match 👏👏#TeamIndia win the 1st T20I by 6 wickets 👌👌
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 11, 2024
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Shivam Dube continued the Indian innings with Rinku Singh on the 18th over third ball Shivam Dube hit a fours run to get the job done team India chased a Target of 159 runs with 6 wickets and 15 balls left India’s Team total score was 159/4. Shivam Dube scored not out 60 runs off 40 balls and Rinku Singh Scored not 16 runs off 9 balls. Shivam Dube won the Player of the Match Award for his all-around performance in this match.
Afghanistan Bowling Stats
| Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy | |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 3 | 00 | 26 | 00 | 8.67 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 4 | 01 | 21 | 02 | 5.25 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 2 | 00 | 24 | 00 | 12.00 |
| Naveen Ul Haq | 3.3 | 00 | 43 | 00 | 12.29 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 4 | 00 | 33 | 01 | 8.25 |
| Gulbadin Naib | 1 | 00 | 12 | 00 | 12.00 |
India Will Play 2nd T-20 match in Holkar Stadium at Indore on Sunday against Afghanistan