Team India kept their semi-final hopes alive with this resounding victory.
Invited to bat first, India piled up a mammoth 210/2 in their allotted 20 overs on the back of half-centuries from Rohit Sharma (74 off 47 balls) and KL Rahul (69 off 48 balls). Hardik Pandya (35* off 13) and Rishabh Pant (27* off 13) also played handy cameos in the death overs.
All the Afghanistan bowlers had a tough outing and Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib returned with one wicket each.
Defending the total, Indian team put up a much better show this time around as they restricted Afghanistan to 144/7 in 20 overs. The pace duo Mohammad Shami (3-32) and Jasprit Bumrah (1-25) claimed four wickets between them while spin twin R Ashwin (2-14) and Ravindra Jadeja (1-19) shared three scalps in between.
Karim Janat top scored for Afghanistan with 42 not out off 22 balls and skipper Mohammad Nabi made a notable contribution of 32-ball 35.
With this thumping victory, India kept their hopes alive to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2021 semi-final.
For their impressive comeback, Virat Kohli and company received rich praise from the cricket fraternity on Twitter.
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