India vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, ICC T20 World Cup 2021: India will be hoping to bring their floundering campaign back on track on Wednesday
India vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score: India will be hoping to bring their floundering campaign back on track after two crushing defeats against Pakistan and New Zealand when it takes on a feisty Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup Super 12 match on Wednesday. Against Afghanistan, the middle-overs, during which Rashid Khan operates, will be crucial. Afghanistan have expectedly won their two games against Scotland and Namibia and were in the contest against Pakistan for the better part before Asif Ali took the game away with four sixes in one over.
India Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravichandran Ashwin
Afghanistan Squad: Mohammed Nabi (captain), Hazratullah Zazai, Ahmed Shahzad, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen ul Haq, Rashid Kham, Hamid Hasan, Rahamnaullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Fareed Ahmed, Usman Ghani
IND vs AFG Live Score, T20 World Cup 2021:
India 2 – 0 Afghanistan. Both the games were played at T20 World Cups in 2010 and 2012. In one match, India batted first and won and in the other, they batted second and came out victorious. Will be curious to see what they choose this time.
After another underwhelming performance in a must-win – virtually knockout – game, the contrast couldn’t be starker. India is the best team going around, across formats, home and away, when it comes to bilateral series. But the trophy cabinet has been vacant ever since the 2013 Champions Trophy, as far as major ICC events are concerned. Why?
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How does a team bounce back from two morale-crushing defeats when its cricket is not brave enough, by Virat Kohli’s own admission? How does a team return to winning ways when its bowling unit has taken only two wickets in two matches? How does a team motivate itself knowing that its fate at the T20 World Cup is no longer in its own hands?
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India likely XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav/Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy/Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan likely XI: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Hamid Hassan
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Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the match between India and Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi. Virat Kohli will try to figure the combination that can bring his team’s floundering campaign back on track. India’s run has been derailed after two crushing defeats against Pakistan and New Zealand and the performance that they have put in is not worthy of a semi-final spot even though mathematics keeps their hopes alive. Afghanistan have expectedly won their two games against Scotland and Namibia and were in the contest against Pakistan for the better part before Asif Ali took the game away with four sixes in one over. Can they pull off an upset tonight?
India’s Rohit Sharma talks to captain Virat Kohli after the fall of Zealand’s Martin Guptill wicket during the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between New Zealand and India in Dubai, UAE, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
How does a team bounce back from two morale-crushing defeats when its cricket is not brave enough, by Virat Kohli’s own admission? How does a team return to winning ways when its bowling unit has taken only two wickets in two matches? How does a team motivate itself knowing that its fate at the T20 World Cup is no longer in its own hands? Inclusion of fresh faces could help; some new players coming into the playing eleven against Afghanistan without carrying the excess baggage of back-to-back losses. Then again, it’s a double-edged sword. Axing is easy, the message it would carry might not be palatable. (READ FULL STORY)
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