T20 World Cup, India vs Afghanistan Highlights: All-round India demolish Afghanistan by 66 runs, remain in the contest. Cricket News – Times of India

Abu Dhabi: A formidable India led by its stylish openers Rohit Sharma And KL Rahul Finally performed almost flawlessly to eliminate a hapless Afghanistan by 66 runs to remain in the ICC t20 world cup on Wednesday.
It may well be a case of joining the party two games late, but a solid batting performance first scored 210 for 2 and then bowled disciplined lines to restrict Afghanistan to 144 for 7 His more than billions of fans remained interested.
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With their net run-rate finally entering the positive bracket (+0.073), India will now hope that Afghanistan can recover from this defeat and trouble New Zealand. Virat KohliThe men have an outside chance of qualifying for the semi-finals behind Pakistan who top the group.
That day India did everything they might have expected against the big teams.
Rohit brought his carefree elegance to the table while Rahul was as classy as ever in India’s totals.

While they will still face criticism for cheating against Pakistan and New Zealand, Rohit (74 off 47 balls) and KL Rahul (69 off 48 balls) made fun of Afghanistan’s inexperienced attack, which had a record 140 runs. For the opening stand.
It was also the highest total in this edition of the T20 World Cup but one can only hope that this two matches have not come too late.
It cannot be denied that except Rashid Khan, whom Rohit took in his third over, the other Afghans were the best, leaving Hardik Pandya (35 not out off 13 balls) and Rishabh Pant (27 not out off 13 balls) to feast on during the death overs.

The Pandya-Pant pair scored 63 runs in 3.3 overs to put the total out of Afghanistan’s reach.
When India bowled, Ravichandran Ashwin, playing his first international game in six months and playing the white ball international game four years later, was very good for the Afghans with figures of 2 for 14 in four overs, including 12 points.
Jasprit Bumrah (1/25 in 4 overs) was steady as ever while Ravindra Jadeja (1/19 in 3 overs) did well. Mohammed Shami Got a bit of a stick (3/32 in 4 overs) but took wickets at regular intervals.
With no disrespect to India’s efforts, the gap in bowling standards was evident in the contemptuous manner in which Rohit and Rahul treated the Afghan attack. Hardik and Pant then insulted the injury.

The pace of the fast bowlers in the mid-130s and the lack of swing with over-track pace was a perfect recipe for disaster against two Indian openers who were getting smart after one failure after another.
On the track where the ball was being caught, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi started with his off break and introduced left-arm spinner Sharafuddin Ashraf from the other end.
For the two Indian openers, who needed some big shots to get into the groove, there couldn’t have been a more mouth-watering option as Rohit was the first player outside the block to hit an inside-out at extra-cover. The boundary was set. Off Nabi and a lap shot to Sharafuddin.
When pacer Naveen-ul-Haq was introduced, Rohit opened his stance to hit the bowler past point and a straight six, while Rahul also got his share of boundaries.
50 of the innings came in five overs, but it was veteran pacer Hamid Hasan who bowled the last over of the powerplay to put a brief break on scoring during that phase after the fielding ban was lifted.
Although a good start meant 85 runs came off the first 10 overs, both the openers were looking solid for the pace towards the back-10.
One of Rohit’s better boundaries was the one in which he guided Gulbadin Naib towards the third-man fence, using the bounce towards his half-century.
The 23rd T20I half-century came when he cut off an off-colour Naveen for a boundary and Rahul followed suit with a six over square leg off the same bowler and then brought Gulbadin over extra cover to reach the milestone.
By the time Rashid (0/36 in 4 overs) came in for his final spell, Rohit and Rahul were competing to out-score each other.
Rohit saved his best for Rashid when he carried the spinner towards deep mid-wicket even when he did not reach the pitch of the delivery, but the bat-swing did it for him. The next picture was perfect as it was sent flying across the edges of the grass.
By the time Rohit was trying to hit Karim Janat at extra cover, he had hit eight fours and three sixes.
Rahul was dismissed within another seven, being cleared by Gulbadin as he tried to shuffle towards the off-stump, but by then a solid stage for victory had already been set.