In the first T20 match played in Mohali, India defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets. In this match, all the players from the Indian team performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. Not only this, with this victory the Indian team took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20 series.

Let us tell you, in the first T20, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 158 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, experienced player Mohammad Nabi batted very well and played a valuable inning of 42 runs in 27 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes. He was the highest run scorer for his team.

Apart from Mohammad Nabi, captain Ibrahim Zadran scored 25 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 29 runs while Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 23 runs in 28 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Najibullah Zadran played an excellent inning of 19* runs.

For the Indian team, Mukesh Kumar and Akshar Patel took two wickets each while Shivam Dubey took one wicket. Indian bowlers bowled very well in this match.

India won the first T20 match

The start of the Indian team chasing the target was not so good and captain Rohit Sharma was run out without opening the account. Young player Shivam Dubey batted brilliantly for the Indian team and played an unbeaten match-winning inning of 60 runs in 40 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes. He did not spare any of the Afghanistan bowlers and hit everyone hard.

Apart from Shivam Dubey, Tilak Verma contributed 26 runs while Jitesh Sharma scored 31 runs. Shubhman Gill played an important inning of 23 runs. The Indian team achieved the target of 159 runs within 18 overs.

For Afghanistan, Mujeeb ur Rahman took two wickets while Azmatullah Omarzai took one wicket.

2 overs 9/1 with the ball✅
FIFTY with the bat✅

Shivam Dube the Allrounder arrived🌟🔥🔥#RohitSharma𓃵 #AFGvsIND #INDvsAFG #INDvAFG #AFGvIND #SA20 #T20I pic.twitter.com/QK2gOkC5CD

— TCTV Cricket (@tctv1offl) January 11, 2024

Good fifty for dube he has played to his strengths #INDvAFG

— Aditya (@Aditya82313733) January 11, 2024

Impressive performance by Shivam Dube #INDvAFG

— Raj Goswami (@rajrocks07) January 11, 2024

Rinku Singh didn’t get a chance to play much today 🤒

— DP¹⁸ ☘ (@D4kkvk) January 11, 2024

India have found Hardik Pandya’s backup in Shivam Dube ✅ #INDvAFG #INDvsAFG

— Syed Asif official (@SyedAsif119) January 11, 2024

India defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets in the first T20I.#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/yIITByqwDN

— Sann (@san_x_m) January 11, 2024

Magnificent match for Shivam Dube!!!

Virat comes in for Tilak next match….but if Jaiswal is also fit then he raises questions 🤔

Yashasvi comes in for Gill?? Dub only?? Not at all??#INDvAFG

— Kapil Choudhary (@kapil857) January 11, 2024

60 Runs + Wicket for India in a T20I Match :

Yuvraj Singh vs 🇱🇰 (2009)
Virat Kohli vs 🇵🇰 (2012)
Yuvraj Singh vs 🇵🇰 (2012)
Virat Kohli vs 🏝️ (2016)
Axar Patel vs 🇱🇰 (2023)
SHIVAM DUBE vs 🇦🇫 (2024) **#INDvAFG , #INDvsAFG

— Krish (@LuciferStan07) January 11, 2024

Shivam Dube’s unbeaten half-century guides India to a comfortable victory in the run-chase 👏#INDvAFG : pic.twitter.com/guIcud8ODD

— Jagdeep Bishnoi (@JagdeepBishnoi6) January 11, 2024

! !#INDvsAFG #INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/BK2023PeXi

— Haider Sultan (@haidersultan777) January 11, 2024

Indian won by 6 wickets #INDvAFG

— Priyabrata Parida (@itsPriyabratMrX) January 11, 2024