IND v AFG: Jaiswal-Dube fifties, Axar’s strikes seal collection in India’s favour

A packed Holkar Stadium waited patiently for fireworks from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, however on Sunday night, Yashasvi Jaiswal (68, 34b, 5×4, 6×6) and Shivam Dube (63 n.o., 32b, 5×4, 4×6) as soon as once more lived as much as their big-hitting reputations and guided India to a convincing six-wicket win towards Afghanistan within the second T20I.

After lacking out on the collection opener as a result of a sore proper groin, Jaiswal changed Shubman Gill within the closing eleven and justified his choice with two essential partnerships with Kohli (57 for the second wicket) and Shivam Dube (92 for the third wicket) to assist India take an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection.

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With Afghanistan together with left-arm wrist-spinner Noor Ahmad together with seasoned campaigner Mujeeb ur Rahman, chasing 173 might have been difficult, however on an outright batting floor, Jaiswal and Dube made it look really easy. Making most of an early reprieve, Jaiswal spared not one of the Afghanistan bowlers, and after captain Rohit fell for one more duck, the Mumbai-based batter partnered Kohli, who returned to India’s T20I fold after 430 days, to launch a fightback.

As the gang chanted his identify, Kohli began off with a lofted drive, adopted by a slog sweep. En path to his 16-ball-29, Kohli continued his on-field rivalry with Naveen-ul-Haq with a few boundaries earlier than the latter lower brief his innings. Kohli didn’t get the elevation off a Naveen’s full supply and didn’t clear the mid-off and walked again.

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Coming on the again of a match-winning knock within the earlier sport, Dube took issues in his stride and along with Jaiswal guided India to 69 for two within the powerplay. After taking seven deliveries to settle in, Dube acquired into the rhythm and hammered three big sixes within the tenth over by Mohammad Nabi. By the time Karim Janat eliminated Jaiswal and adopted it up with an inexpensive dismissal of Jitesh Sharma, India was fairly near the goal, and Dube sealed the deal.

Afghanistan, nonetheless, could be upset with its bowlers as they didn’t put up a combat regardless of the crew scoring its highest T20I rating towards India. Inserted to bat, it was an innings of ebbs and flows for Afghanistan. Rahmanullah Gurbaz began aggressively earlier than Ravi Bishnoi earned the breakthrough. However, No.3 Gulbadin Naib took cost with a strong innings of 57, which included 5 fours and 4 sixes, however as soon as Axar Patel (2 for 17) acquired him out, the middle-order struggled to get going.

Even although Janat and Mujeeb mixed added 41 runs in the direction of the top, Arshdeep Singh proved his loss of life overs credentials by claiming three wickets for 32 after going wicket-less within the first spell. And that made the distinction.