ICC World T20 : Afg vs Ind : India won by 23 runs
Colombo : India defeated Afghanistan by 23 runs in their opening match of the World Twenty20 championships at the R. Premedasa Stadium here Wednesday.
Chasing 160, Afghanistan were bundled out for 136 with three balls to spare.
India has given 160 runs target to Afghanistan. Before this,Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat against India in their
Afghanistan Innings: (Target : 160 to win)
Over 19.3 : Afghanistan 136/10 : India won by 23 runs
Over 16.5 : Afghanistan 119/7
Over 11.3 : Afghanistan 75/4. Yuvraj strikes 3 times till time.
Over 8 : Afghanistan 54/2
Over 3.5 : Afghanistan 26/1
India Inning:
Over 20 : India 159/5
Over 18 : India 131/4
Over 10.1 : India 98/3 : Yuvraj (18) lost his wicket while flicking in point. Raina is on pitch now.
Over 10: India 68/2 : Yuvraj (18) and Virat (25) trying to take control on match.
Over 4.1 : India 22/2 : India lost second wicket as Virendra Sehwag (8).
Over 2.1 : India 15/1 : India lost first wicket. Gambhir (10) was bold by Shapoor Zadran.
India Team : V Sehwag, G Gambhir, V Kohli, RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, IK Pathan, R Ashwin, L Balaji, Z Khan
Afghanistan Team : KS Sadiq, Asghar Stanikzai, Mohammad Shahzad, NK Mangal, Najibullah Zadran, S Shafiqullah, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbodin Naib, Samiullah Shenwari, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran