Batting first against Afghanistan in an important match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, India scored 181 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. India did not have a good start in this match.

Indian team captain Rohit Sharma failed to score big against Afghanistan and returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs. Veteran batsman Virat Kohli once again flopped and was out on a score of 24 runs. Rishabh Pant got a start but he too was out after scoring 20 runs. However, Suryakumar Yadav batted brilliantly for the Indian team and played an aggressive innings of 53 runs in 28 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes.

Suryakumar Yadav did not spare any bowler of Afghanistan and attacked everyone fiercely. Due to his innings, India is in a very good position after the end of the first innings.

Hardik Pandya also played an aggressive innings for his team

Apart from Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya also batted brilliantly and scored 32 runs from the Indian team. Not only this, there was an important partnership of 60 runs for the fifth wicket between Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya. Axar Patel contributed 12 runs.

Talking about Afghanistan, the team captain Rashid Khan took 3 wickets for 26 runs in four overs. Apart from Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi once again bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs while Naveen Ul Haq took one wicket. If Afghanistan has to win this match, they will have to score 182 runs in 20 overs. The best thing for the Indian team is that all their bowlers are in great form at the moment and they can be seen bowling well against Afghanistan as well.