T20 World Cup 2024: IND vs AFG, Match 43 Highlights

At the Kensington Oval in Barbados, India and Afghanistan squared off in the second Super 8s match of the T20 World Cup 2024. India captain Rohit Sharma chose to bat first after winning the toss against the Afghanistan team, and the Men in Blue scored 181/8 to put pressure on their opponents.

India won the Super 8s match against Afghanistan by 47 runs. With a strike rate of 189.29, Suryakumar Yadav was the man of the moment for India, smashing 53 runs off of just 28 balls. The Blue team’s scorers were Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli, and Yadav, with scores of 24, 20, and 32 runs, respectively.

However, Afghanistan’s captain Rashid Khan got rid of Virat Kohli to record his first T20 wicket against India. He and Fazalhaq Farooqi both claimed three wickets at an economy rate of 6.5 and 8.25, respectively. Afghanistan found it challenging to chase the goal in the second innings after losing several significant wickets early on.

The standouts of the innings were the bowlers from India, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, and Kuldeep Yadav, who took 3, 2, and 2 wickets at an economy of 1.75, 8, and 8, respectively. Bumrah is the one man who always offers assistance with the bowl when needed.

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The T20 World Cup final will take place here. Even when Afghanistan scored runs fast, India’s bats did a fantastic job of disrupting the game’s rhythm and never gave up. India’s bowlers had benefited from the fact that, except from Rahmanullah Gurbaz, nobody really attacked them. This suggests that they could dominate the game and develop a rhythm and length.

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