India beat Afghanistan with 6 wickets in the second T-20 match. India hosts Afghanistan in Holkar Stadium Indore. The visitor batted first and scored 172 all-out runs in 20 overs. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets for 32 runs and Axar Patel Took 2 wickets for 17 runs in batting Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 68 runs off 34 balls and Shivam Dube scored 63 runs off 32 balls helping India to win a match with 6 wickets and 26 balls left. India Team won three T-20 match series with a 2-0 and still a third match to be played.
INDIAN Playing eleven
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, 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), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen Ul Haq.
Up, Up and Away!
Three consecutive monstrous SIXES from Shivam Dube 🔥 🔥🔥#INDvAFG @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/3y40S3ctUW
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India beat Afghanistan with 6 Wickets in the Second T-20
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 tried to give a steady start to the visitor. On the 3rd Rahmanullah Gurbaz tried to clear the mid-on boundary but did not connect the ball properly Shivam Dube caught the ball, and Ravi Bishnoi got the first wicket. Gurbaz scored 14 runs off 9 balls.
Axar Patel bold Ibrahim Zadran who scored 8 runs off 10 balls. Azmatullah Omarzai tried to hit the big shot but completely missed the ball. Shivam Dube bolded him at the score of 2 runs off 5 balls. Gulbadin Naib and Mohammad Nabi build a partnership of 31 runs. Gulbadin Naib tried to hit a shot in mid-wicket Indian skipper Rohit Sharma took a catch of the ball Axar Patel took his second wicket of the match.
Four wickets fall in the final over as Afghanistan are all out for 172 runs in 20 overs.#TeamIndia chase underway.
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Gulbadin Naib scored 57 runs off 35 balls with a strike rate of 162.86. Mohammad Nabi tried to hit the ball down the ground but did not get enough elevation Rinku Singh took an easy catch Ravi Bishnoi got his second Wicket. Nabi scored 14 runs off 18 balls. In the 18th over Arshdeep Singh bolded Najibullah Zadran who scored 23 runs off 21 balls. Karim Janat’s shot was caught by Axar Patel in a long-off Arshdeep took second wicket of this match.
Karim Janat scored 20 runs off 10 balls. Due to a lack of communication between Naveen-Ul-Haq and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Mujeeb was run out by the wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. Mujeeb Ur Rahman scored 21 runs off 9 balls. Noor Ahmed tried to hit a helicopter shot but failed to clear the boundary Virat Kohli ran and took it nicely Arshdeep 3rd wicket in this match.
Last ball they tried to steal a run from overthrow, but Jitesh Sharma ran out Fazalhaq Farooqi who scored 0 runs off 0 balls and Naveen-Ul-Haq remains not out 1 run off 1 ball. Afghanistan managed to score 172 all-out. Gulbadin Naib is the top scorer with 57 runs from the balling side Arshdeep took 3 wickets. Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel took 2 wickets each. Shivam Dube is expensive but took 1 Wicket in three overs.
Balling stats of India
| Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy | |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 00 | 32 | 03 | 8.00 |
| Mukesh Kumar | 2 | 00 | 21 | 00 | 10.50 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 00 | 17 | 02 | 4.25 |
| Washington Sundar | 3 | 00 | 23 | 00 | 7.67 |
| Shivam Dube | 3 | 00 | 36 | 01 | 12.00 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 4 | 00 | 39 | 02 | 9.75 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s entertaining knock comes to an end on 68 runs.
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Indian Captain Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal came to bat and Fazalhaq Farooqi started bowling for Afghanistan on the 5th ball of the first over Rohit Sharma tried to hit the shot but completely missed the ball and the ball hit the wicket Rohit scored 0 runs off 1 ball. Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal build partnership off 57 runs.
Virat Kohli tried to hit a shot due to a timing ball made contact with the bottom half of the bat and the ball traveled in the air toward the mid-off and Ibrahim Zadran took it nicely Naveen-UL-Haq got his first wicket. Virat scored 29 runs off 16 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube showed some power hitting they just made the match one-sided. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 68 runs off 34 balls in which 5 fours and 6 sixes were involved.
For his bowling figures of 2/17, Axar Patel is adjudged Player of the Match as #TeamIndia win the 2nd T20I by 6 wickets.
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Yashasvi’s wicket was taken by Karim Janat he was caught behind by the wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Jitesh Sharma Tried a big shot but the catch was taken by Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat took the second wicket in this match. In 16th over Shivam Dube and Rinku Singh chase down the target. India Scored 173/6 in 15.4. Shivam Dube Scored not out 63 runs off 32 balls and Rinku Singh Scored not out 9 runs off 9 balls. Axar Patel 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 | 3.4 | 00 | 28 | 01 | 7.64 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 2 | 00 | 32 | 00 | 16.00 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 2 | 00 | 30 | 00 | 15.00 |
| Naveen Ul Haq | 3 | 00 | 33 | 01 | 11.00 |
| Noor Ahmed | 3 | 00 | 35 | 00 | 11.67 |
| Karim Janat | 2 | 00 | 13 | 02 | 6.50 |
India Will play the 3rd T-20 match in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bengaluru on Wednesday against Afghanistan.