LIVE: The first T20 cricket match pits India against Afghanistan
As the United States and the Caribbean get ready to host the 2024 T20 World Cup, India vs Afghanistan match is played in a three-match T20 series.
Mohali’s first Twenty20 match kicks off at 7 p.m. (13:30 GMT).
For the first time since November 2022, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are reunited in the T20 team, but Kohli will miss the opening game for personal reasons.
India won the home series against Australia 4-1 before they drew their three-match Twenty20 series with South Africa 1-1.
Before leaving for India, Afghanistan’s final Twenty20 series saw them defeat the UAE 2-1.
On June 1, the USA and Canada, the co-hosts, will play in Dallas to kick off the T20 World Cup. On June 9, India plays Pakistan in New York during the group stage.
India’s final Twenty20 international matches before the World Cup will be this series.
Where and when should I watch the game?
The three-match T20I series will be shown live and exclusively on JioCinema, Sports18-1 SD + HD, and Colors Cineplex, according to a statement from Viacom18. The series will be available on JioCinema in English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, among other languages.
Squads:
India:Â Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi; Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (w).
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran(c), Mojeeb Ur Rahman, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Karim Janat, Ikram Alikhil, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib
Afghanistan versus India Current Standings: AFG 125/3, 17 overs
Afghanistan versus India Arshdeep Singh is about to bowl his third over in the live score. A decent over because the 17th over only saw five runs scored.
Azmatullah Omarzai 29
Muhammad Nabi 41
SArshdeep Singh 3-1-13-0
Afghanistan versus India Current Standings: AFG 120/3-16 overs
Afghanistan versus India Live Score: Mohammed Nabi has hit Mukesh Kumar for a couple of SIXES as he bowls his third over, and it’s turning out to be a costly over. A lofted off drive was used for the first SIX, and a draw shot was used for the second SIX. This over saw 15 runs scored.
Muhammad Nabi 39
Azmatullah Omarzai 27
Mukesh Kumar 3-0-29-0
Afghanistan versus India Current Standings: AFG 105/3-15 overs
Afghanistan versus India Real-time score: When Ravi Bishnoi bowls his third over, Azmatullah Omarzai smacks him with a slog sweep for six runs. Nabi now enters the fray and hits consecutive boundaries. A slog shot was used in the first, and a cut shot came next. This over saw 16 runs scored. Afghanistan gets 100 runs.
Muhammad Nabi 25
Azmatullah Omarzai 26
Ravi Bishnoi 3-0-35-0
Afghanistan versus India Actual Standings: AFG 89/3 – 14 overs
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: Axar Patel enters to bowl the game’s final over. In this over, six runs were scored. An incredible magic cast by Axar ends.
Muhammad Nabi 16
Azmatullah Omarzai 19
Axar Patel 4-0-23-2
Afghanistan versus India Current Standings: AFG 83/3, 13 overs
Afghanistan versus India Real-time score: Ravi Bishnoi is about to deliver his second over. For a maximum, Mohammed Nabi smacks a SIX into the ground. This over saw eleven runs scored. Bishnoi is expensive in this game.
Muhammad Nabi 12
Amatullah Omarzai 17
Ravi Bishnoi 2-0-19-0
Afghanistan versus India Live Score: 12-over, AFG 72/3
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: Shivam Dube arrives to bowl his second over. Shivam Dube bowled a nice over. Against the last ball of the over, Omarzai struck a boundary. This over saw seven runs scored.
Muhammad Nabi14
Azmatullah Omarzai 4
Shivam Dube 2-0-9-1
Afghanistan versus India Current Standings: AFG 57/3–10 overs
Afghanistan versus India Live Score: Axar Patel bowls his third over, and in his final delivery, he strikes once more. Rahmat uses his inside edge to pull the ball, giving Axar their second wicket. This over saw four runs and a wicket.
Rahmat Shah 3
Azmatullah Omarzai 3
Axar Patel 3-0-17-2
Afghanistan versus India Actual Score: 53/2, 9 overs for AFG
Afghanistan versus India Live Score: Rohit Sharma catches Ibrahim Zadran after a strike by Shivam Dube on his second ball. This over has just three runs. Rahmat Shah starts his first T20 international encounter in the middle.
Rahmat Shah 1
Azmatullah Omarzai 1
Shivam Dube1-0-2-1
Afghanistan versus India Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: AFG 50/1- 8 overs Real-time score: When Rahmanullah Gurbaz bowls his second over, Axar Patel arrives and knocks a six. As Jitesh Sharma stumps Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Axar Patel scores. India takes the opening wicket. This over saw six runs scored and one wicket for India. Putting Azmatullah Omarzai in the middle
Ibrahim Zadran 25
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 23
Axar Patel 2-0-13-1
Afghanistan vs. India live score: AFG 44/0 in 7 overs
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: Washington Sundar is about to bowl his second over. With much ease, Ibrahim Zadran knocks the opening six of the contest over the mid-wicket area. This over saw eleven runs scored.
Ibrahim Zadran 25
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 17
Washington Sundar 2-0-14-0
Afghanistan versus India Actual Standings: AFG 33/0-6 overs
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: Mukesh Kumar is about to bowl his second over. The powerplay ended with eight runs in the last over. Ibrahim Zadran strikes a boundary in the penultimate ball of the over by playing an upper cut.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 15
Ibrahim Zadran 16
Mukesh Kumar 2-0-14-0
Afghanistan vs. India live score: AFG 25/0 in 5 overs
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: Washington Sundar enters the game to bowl his maiden over. This over saw just four runs scored.
Ibrahim Zadran 10
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 13
Washington Sundar1-0-3-0
Afghanistan versus India AFG is ahead 21/0 after 4 overs
Afghanistan versus India Live Score: Ibrahim Zadran plays a cut shot to hit Axar Patel, who is bowling for the first time in the match, for a boundary. This over saw seven runs scored.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 12
Ibrahim Zadran 8
Axer Patel 1-0-7-0
Afghanistan versus India Current Standings: AFG 14/0 in 3 overs
Afghanistan versus India Live Score: Rahmanullah Gurbaz hits an upper cut to score his second boundary of the game as Arshdeep enters to deliver his second over. Shivam Dube mishandles Ibrahim Zadran’s simple catch. This over saw eight runs scored.
Ibrahim Zadran 2
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 11
Arshdeep Singh 2-1-8-0
Live score for India vs Afghanistan match: AFG 6/0- 2 overs Live Score
Mukesh Kumar bowls the second over, Afghanistan scored their first run after an error by Ravi Bishnoi in the field, and Mukesh Kumar to bowl the second over. Rahmanullah Gurbaz uses a front-foot drive to score Afghanistan’s first goal. This over saw six runs scored.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 5
Ibrahim Zardan 1
Mukesh Kumar 1-0-6-0
Afghanistan versus India Live score: India vs. Afghanistan: AFG 0/0- 1 over Live Score
Arshdeep Singh bowls first over, Afghanistan’s first doubleheader is Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. First over to be bowled by Arshdeep Singh. a minor hold-up due to a light problem. Arshdeep gets off to a good start by bowling a maiden over.
Ibrahim Zadran 0
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 0
Arshdeep Singh 1-1-0-0
Afghanistan vs India Ibrahim Zadran at toss, live score
India vs Afghanistan Live Score: “We’re not too concerned about bowling first, although we had hoped to do so as well. Now, putting our plans into action is our primary goal. We have a great opportunity with this series, especially as we get ready for the T20 World Cup. We are concentrating on playing positive and aggressive cricket, which is essential to the growth of our team.”
Live score for India against Afghanistan: Rohit Sharma at toss
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: We’ve chosen to field first. This decision was made without any particular rationale; the pitch at Mohali is steady and hardly changes. We need to win these three matches badly, especially because we haven’t played a lot of T20 cricket in the World Cup. Of course, there’s the Indian Premier League, but we want to take advantage of this unique opportunity to participate in international contests. Rahul Dravid and I had a conversation regarding our team’s makeup and future plan. Our main goal is to comprehend and carry out our responsibilities as a team successfully. Still, winning is the ultimate objective.”
Indian athletes would need to exercise flexibility given their hectic schedule.
India’s final T20 internationals before the T20 World Cup kicks off on June 1 are these three games.
Given their back-to-back series in all formats following the Cricket World Cup in November and December, as well as the international competitions that preceded it, India’s coach Rahul Dravid says the team had to manage the players’ workload.
“In the past few years, there have been numerous ICC events, many of them back-to-back. Consequently, there hasn’t been much time between events, according to Dravid.
“With the quantity of cricket played, we have had to prioritise formats during my tenure here. The boys can’t play all the time, so we’ve got to figure out what matters most first.
“As we consider the England Test series, there are players missing from this squad,” Dravid continued, specifically mentioning Jasprit Bumrah’s absence.
“There isn’t much time to prepare for this T20 World Cup, so we will have to rely on what we have and the Indian Premier League as well,” the player said.All you need to do is be adaptable and flexible. We will have to accept it this time even if we had a great lead going into the last World Cup and the previous T20 World Cup.
India versus Afghanistan: Real-time score Head-to-Head
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan match: In their five meetings, both sides have prevailed four times and drawn once. Afghanistan has not yet created an account.
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: Rahul Dravid adds, “We’re definitely opening with Rohit and Jaiswal.”
India vs. Afghanistan match Live Score: “Rohit and Jaiswal will undoubtedly start for us right now. But when you have a squad, you have to be willing to adjust and take any necessary action to best serve the team’s interests and increase our chances of success. Therefore, nothing is blocked. In a pre-match news conference, Rahul Dravid stated, “But definitely, we’re really happy with what Jaiswal has done as an opener for us. In addition, he provides us with a left-right combination at the top.
Live score for India vs. Afghanistan: “Definitely” have plans for Virat, Rohit Jonathan Trott, head coach of Afghanistan
India vs. Afghanistan match Live Score: “India can field a strong team any side they choose.” They have long been elite players, especially when you include stars like Virat and Rohit. We have the good fortune to have guys against whom we have faced off in a number of IPL matches. There will undoubtedly be plans for them, as the other males have seen them on TV. According to Jonathan Trott, JioCinema, “it’s about carrying out those plans and making sure that on the day we are ready to do that.”
Afghanistan vs. India Live: De Villiers terms Recalling Rohit-Virat for the T20Is is a “smart move”
Live: India vs. Afghanistan “I don’t find it surprising. I’m delighted for Virat and Rohit. You want to go to the World Cup with your strongest squad. Regarding the children who will lose out after playing for so long, I can appreciate the complaint. It did not work out for me the way it did for Virat and Rohit, and I was in this situation towards the end of my career. Getting your seasoned players, who have been there and done that, to participate in the World Cup is a right and a wise decision, De Villiers told the reporters.
Live: Rahul Dravid reveals India’s starting combination vs Afghanistan
Live: India vs. Afghanistan Coach Rahul Dravid stated, “As of right now, we’re definitely opening with Rohit and Jaiswal,” during the pre-match press conference. But when you have a squad, you have to be willing to adjust and take any necessary action to best serve the team’s interests and increase our chances of success. Therefore, nothing is blocked. However, we’re particularly pleased with Jaiswal’s performance as our opener; he provides us with a left-right combination as well at the top.”