India vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2022 Match, Live Cricket Score Updates: India to Play Afghanistan.India vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022, Ball-by-Ball Live Commentary and Cricket Score: Afghanistan won the toss and opted to field against India in a dead rubber of the Asia Cup on Thursday. India made three changes bringing in Deepak Chahar, Dinesh Karthik and Axar Patel. Skipper Rohit Sharma has been rested for the game with K L Rahul stepping into his role. Both teams failed to qualify for the final.
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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India and Afghanistan will lock horns today.
Hazratullah Zazai and Gurbaz start the proceedings for Afghanistan. Bhuvneshwar will bowl the first over for India and he strikes by picking up the wicket of Hazratullah. Great start from India. Second wicket for him. AFG 1/2 after 1 over.
Two back-to-back sixes for Virat Kohli. He takes on Fazalhaq Farooqi this time. He hits another boundary towards the covers. This is insane batting from Kohli!! Ind 212/2 after 20 overs.
Fareed Ahmad to Kohli and he starts the over with a boundary and follows it up with a six and brings up his century. Wow! A century after more than 1000 days. Finally, Kohli gets it, what an innings it has been. Ind 194/2 after 19 overs.
If flick is an art, Kohli is an artist. What a shot this is!! Kohli gets a four here towards the fine leg and gets a four against Fareed Ahmad. Kohli ends the over with a boundary. Ind 160/2 after 17 overs.
Kohli walks down the wicket and hits it over the mid-wicket and gets a six here against Rashid Khan. Kohli seems to be in a great touch. What a shot!! Ind 145/2 after 16 overs.
After hitting the six against Fareed Ahmad, KL Rahul departs after an incredible knock. Some sight of relief for Afghanistan now. SKY comes and gets a six on the very first delivery and goes back to the pavilion on the next ball. Ind 125/2 after 13 overs.
Rahul gets his fifty in style. He goes over the covers and hits a boundary against Nabi. He times it to perfection this time. The Indian batters are dominating now. Ind 111/0 after 12 overs.
Virat Kohli pulls it this time and gets a boundary against Azmatullah. He smashes it towards the deep square leg. That's his fifty now!! Well Played Kohli!! Ind 95/0 after 11 overs.
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Kohli hits a six here against Nabi. He slogs it over the deep mid-wicket and deposits the ball into the stands. Great batting by both the batters. Ind 72/0 after 8 overs.
Kohli dances down the pitch and hits it straight against Mujeeb for a boundary. He hits another one for a boundary. Six, this time from Virat's willow. What a shot!! Ind 52/0 after 6 overs.
Rahul cuts it this time for a boundary against Fareed Ahmad. KL places it towards the deep backward point and finds the gap. Also, he ends the over with a cracking pull shot and gets a boundary. Ind 37/0 after 5 overs.
KL Rahul gets the first boundary here against Fazalhaq Farooqi. He hits it towards the fine leg and gets the result. Great shot!! Kohli also hits a boundary. Ind 21/0 after 3 overs.
Rahul and Kohli are in the middle. Fazalhaq Farooqi will bowl the first over for Afghanistan. Just 6 runs off the first over. Ind 6/0 after 1 over.
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh
KL Rahul: We wanted to bat first. We want to challenge ourselves as a batting unit. Rohit wants to take a break, playing is not easy in these conditions. Yuzi, Rohit and Hardik miss out. Even coming into this tournament, we had the T20 World Cup in mind. It's a good learning for us to play such a tournament before the World Cup. We have learnt a few things from the loses.
Mohammad Nabi: We will bowl first. We left the game immediately and went to the hotel last night. Took a few sleeping pills, it was a tough night. We have played well in the tournament, we could have won the last two games. We will try our best to play some good cricket.
KL Rahul going for the toss. Afghanistan win the toss and opt to bowl first.
This is a new pitch and hasn't been used before in the tournament. There's an even covering of grass and looks a belter. 180 should be a minimum score on this wicket, believes Sanjay Manjrekar.
India's fate had slipped out of their hands after the defeat against Sri Lanka and any faint hopes remaining were snuffed out with Pakistan snatching victory against Afghanistan in the final over in a Super 4 match that could have gone either way.