With the pitch wet and slow, Suryakumar Yadav proved to be the difference by scoring 53 off 28 balls, combined with five fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 189, and being very effective with his sweep shots to take India to the top. victory. a strong 181/8.
His 60-run stand with Hardik Pandya (32) and a late cameo of 12 from Axar Patel helped India pick up the pace as 56 runs came in the last five overs.
In reply, Bumrah took 3-7, including bowling 20-point balls, while Arshdeep, despite being occasionally misguided, took 3-36 to bowl out Afghanistan for 134.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz got Afghanistan's chase off to a good start by taking Arshdeep for four and six in the opener. But big batsman Gurbaz was fooled by a cutter from Bumrah when he looked to get over cover and gave an outside edge to the keeper.
Ibrahim Zadran attacked Virat Kohli at point but dropped a simple catch off the bowling of Arshdeep. But Axar attacked quickly as Zadran didn't get any lift and headed straight for extra cover. Bumrah returned with an off-cut that took over the field and took advantage of Hazratullah Zazai's bat to point back.
India's triple strikes meant Afghanistan's required run-rate soared, despite Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbadin Naib hitting five boundaries between them until the halfway mark.
But after the drinks break, Kuldeep broke the 44-run stand by making Naib make a mid-air mistake towards the keeper and was followed by Ravindra Jadeja making Omarzai hole out too long. From there, the result was a foregone conclusion as Bumrah and Arshdeep finished with three fers, while Kuldeep took a two-wicket haul on his T20 World Cup debut in a comfortable victory for India.
Brief scores:
India 181/8 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 53, Hardik Pandya 32; Rashid Khan 3-26, Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-33) beat Afghanistan 134 in 20 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 26; Jasprit Bumrah 3-7, Arshdeep Singh 3 - 36) by 47 runs
His 60-run stand with Hardik Pandya (32) and a late cameo of 12 from Axar Patel helped India pick up the pace as 56 runs came in the last five overs.
In reply, Bumrah took 3-7, including bowling 20-point balls, while Arshdeep, despite being occasionally misguided, took 3-36 to bowl out Afghanistan for 134.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz got Afghanistan's chase off to a good start by taking Arshdeep for four and six in the opener. But big batsman Gurbaz was fooled by a cutter from Bumrah when he looked to get over cover and gave an outside edge to the keeper.
Ibrahim Zadran attacked Virat Kohli at point but dropped a simple catch off the bowling of Arshdeep. But Axar attacked quickly as Zadran didn't get any lift and headed straight for extra cover. Bumrah returned with an off-cut that took over the field and took advantage of Hazratullah Zazai's bat to point back.
India's triple strikes meant Afghanistan's required run-rate soared, despite Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbadin Naib hitting five boundaries between them until the halfway mark.
But after the drinks break, Kuldeep broke the 44-run stand by making Naib make a mid-air mistake towards the keeper and was followed by Ravindra Jadeja making Omarzai hole out too long. From there, the result was a foregone conclusion as Bumrah and Arshdeep finished with three fers, while Kuldeep took a two-wicket haul on his T20 World Cup debut in a comfortable victory for India.
Brief scores:
India 181/8 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 53, Hardik Pandya 32; Rashid Khan 3-26, Fazalhaq Farooqi 3-33) beat Afghanistan 134 in 20 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 26; Jasprit Bumrah 3-7, Arshdeep Singh 3 - 36) by 47 runs
