India begin Super Eight quest with dominant 47-run win over Afghanistan

The T20 World Cup 2024 IND vs AFG match is underway at the Kensington Oval stadium in Barbados The Men in Blue will enter the clash with three wins in their four groupstage matches The Afghans on the other hand have also enjoyed the same taste of success in the group stageAhead of the IND vs AFG Super 8 clash Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott said Day games actually suit us better So quite excited to play India in a day game Obviously they are one of the favourites and obviously that has added pressure for IndiaIND vs AFG headtohead In eight T20Is Team India has a solid lead with seven wins against Afghanistan and one game between teams ended in a tie It will be interesting to see if Rashid Khan as Co registers their first T20I victory today against IndiaAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 IND vs AFG Unbeaten Indias faceoff with inform AfghansIND vs AFG live updates Full SquadsIndia Squad Rohit Sharmac Virat Kohli Rishabh Pantw Suryakumar Yadav Shivam Dube Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Jasprit Bumrah Arshdeep Singh Mohammed Siraj Yuzvendra Chahal Sanju Samson Kuldeep Yadav Yashasvi JaiswalAfghanistan Squad Rahmanullah Gurbazw Ibrahim Zadran Gulbadin Naib Azmatullah Omarzai Najibullah Zadran Mohammad Nabi Karim Janat Rashid Khanc Noor Ahmad NaveenulHaq Fazalhaq Farooqi Fareed Ahmad Malik Mohammad Ishaq Nangeyalia Kharote Hazratullah ZazaiIND vs AFG live updates Probable XIIndia Probable XI Rohit Sharma c Virat Kohli Rishabh Pant wk Suryakumar Yadav Shivam Dube Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Arshdeep SinghAfghanistan Probable XI Rahmanullah Gurbaz wk Ibrahim Zadran Gulbadin Naib Azmatullah Omarzai Mohammad Nabi Najibullah Zadran Karim Janat Rashid Khan c Noor Ahmad NaveenulHaq Fazalhaq FarooqiIND vs AFG live updates Confirmed playing XIIndia Squad Rohit Sharmac Virat Kohli Rishabh Pantw Suryakumar Yadav Shivam Dube Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Jasprit Bumrah Arshdeep Singh Kuldeep YadavAfghanistan Squad Rahmanullah Gurbazw Ibrahim Zadran Gulbadin Naib Azmatullah Omarzai Najibullah Zadran Mohammad Nabi Rashid Khanc Noor Ahmad NaveenulHaq Fazalhaq Farooqi Hazratullah ZazaiIND vs AFG live updates Toss updatesIndia captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan Kuldeep Yadav replaces Mohammed Siraj in Team Indias playing XIIND vs AFG live updatesIndia beat Afghanistan by 47 runs in Super 8s match of the T20 World Cup1124 PM 1259 182 OversIndia close to victory as they need just one wicket to win Afghanistan hoping for a miracle which is unlikely to happen tonight1106 PM 1147 163 OversMohammad Nabi departs as Kuldeep Yadav takes another wicket India cruising towards a comfortable win against Afghanistan at the moment1046 PM 715 111 OversRavindra Jadeja breaks the deadlock after Kuldeep Yadav strikes Omarzai walks back and Afghanistan in a tricky situation now1035 PM 663 95 OversAfghanistan bounce back with a partnership as India search for wickets Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav into the attack1029 PM 413 72 OversHazratullah Zazai 24 caught by Jadeja bowled by Bumrah India on a roll as Afghanistan struggle continues1017 PM 233 41 OversZazai caught by Jadeja bowled by Bumrah India on a roll as Afghanistan go three down in their chase of 182 runs1006 PM 161 21Bumrah strikes early for India and Gurbaz is gone trying to attack from the starting Arshdeep Singh comes on from the other end950 PM 1818 20 OversIndia post 181 runs from the 20 overs against Afghanistan Yadav and Pandya got India to a tremendous position and Axar Patel closed down the innings beautifully930 PM 1515 171 OversIndia go five down with SKY leaving the pitch after a fiery fifty Jadeja joins Pandya with 18 balls left now920 PM 1264 15 OversSuryakumar Yadav is key for India at the moment batting on 42 Hardik Pandya is also set India will be looking something close to 180 now900 PM 984 12 OversRashid Khan is on fire tonight he traps the dangerous Shivam Dube with a quick leg break DRS shows it was pad first and it is Indias dangerous batter walking back now8 50 PM IND 793 10Kohli departs after scoring 24 runs Shivam Dube is the new man along with Suryakumar Team India puts 79 runs on board after the completion of 10 overs8 40 PM IND 602 8Afghanistans captain Rashid Khan comes in and strikes the wicket of Pant in his first over Suryakumar Yadav joins Kohli in the innings built up8 30 PM IND 471 6Team India completed the first powerplay by putting on a score of 47 runs for the loss of one wicket Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant continue to dominate the innings with a score of 17 and 19 runs respectively8 20 PM IND 251 4Skipper Rohit departs early after scoring 8 runs Inform batsman Rishabh Pant joins Virat Kohli in the middle India reaches 25 runs after 4 overs8 08 PM IND 80 2Mohammad Nabi comes early into the attack Team India reaches the score of 8 runs after two overs8 05 PM IND 50 1Captain Rohit Sharma finds a boundary in the first over and takes India to 5 runs after the first over