IND vs AFG T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 highlights: After SKY's special, Bumrah's magical 3-fer help India decimate Afghanistan

Rohit Sharma after on India's victory against Afghanistan

The last two years, we have come here and played some T20 games. We planned a little well. We adapted well to the conditions that were offered. We knew the class of our bowling line up will defend this. Everyone coming in and doing their job. That is something we keep talking about. Surya and Hardik's partnership was a good one in the end. We know what Bumrah can do for us. It is important for us to use him smartly. He is the one who is ready to take the responsibility as well. Whereever he plays, he is always ready to take the responsibility. I got to assess the conditions. Looking at the opposition we are ready to make any changes. We thought three spinners would be good, we went for that. Going forward if needed, I am open to playing three seamers.

Rashid Khan on Afghanistan's loss

That was a surface we thought we could chase 170-180. You just go there and how you play. Against bigger teams, we should be thinking we will have to chase such scores. Body is feeling well. I struggled a little in the IPL. I am hitting the areas consistently now. We have enjoyed everywhere we have played. We forget our own skills sometimes. If the conditions are there, we will look to use it.

Suryakumar Yadav, Player of the Match

I think there's a lot of hardwork, there are a lot of processes and routine involved in it. I am clear in my mind what I want to do. I don't mind giving this Player of the Match to a bowler. First time it's going to a batter (from India in this tournament), I don't mind. I think you just need to know your game plan, and just play accordingly. I still remember when Hardik came in to the bat, I told him let's bat with the same intent. Let's keep pressing the pedal and keep pushing, in the end very happy with a score of 180.

India won the match by 47 runs and it was Jasprit Bumrah's economical spell that helped the Men in Blue to register their first victory of Super Eight. Apart from the pacer, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya's stand was the game changer for India in batting. Arshdeep Singh also picked the wicket on his last ball to all-out Afghanistan. Great start for Men in Blue. 
 

WICKET!! Naveen departed on a golden duck. Arshdeep Singh is on a hat trick. Let's see if he can do that. 

AFG 121/9 (17.5)

Arshdeep Singh bowled a good over and now the batting side are on the verge of an all-out. He picked up Rashid Khan on the fourth ball of the over. Afghanistan need 61 runs in 14 balls.
AFG 121/8 (17.4) 

Another wicket, Mohammad Nabi departed after scoring 14 runs. Second wicket for Kuldeep Yadav. India now needs two wickets to win this game. Afghanistan need 68 runs in 21 balls.
AFG 114/7 (16.3) 

WOAH!! What a ball by BUMRAAAAAH!! That's another wicket for Afghanistan. They need to work for a partnership to win this game. Sixth for Afghanistan and third for Bumrah. Afghanistan are on the verge of all-out. Rashid Khan joins Mohammad Nabi

Fifteen overs are done and dusted, Hardik Pandya bowled an expensive over and there is no need for experiments here for India. Afghanistan need 84 runs in 33 balls. Pandya seemed under pressure and bowled a wide ball after Zadran smashed him for a maximum. 10 runs from the over. Afghanistan need 81 runs in 30 balls.
AFG 101/5 (15)

Mohammad Nabi Najibullah Zadran are struggling in the game. Afghanistan need to up their scoring rate to win this game against India. Men in Blue are just five wickets away from registering another victory. Afghanistan need 91 runs in 36 balls
AFG 91/5 (14)

Afghanistan need 107 runs in 48 balls to win the game. Indian bowlers are confident after sending half of the side to dugout. Team India will now go for an all-out to win the game. AFG 75/5 (12) 

WICKET!! Another batter bites the dust, Afghanistan are in real trouble here. Rashid Khan-led side needs a miracle here to win the game. That's was Jadeja's first wicket as a bowler in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. AFG 72/5 (11.2)

Rishabh's 'PANTASTIC' catch broke this partnership and here comes the first wicket for Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav. The spinner got a much-needed breakthrough for India. Gulbadin Naib departed after scoring 17 runs. Five runs from the over. Afghanistan need 111 runs in 54 balls
AFG 71/4 (11)  

Ravindra Jadeja bowled an expensive over. The all-rounder conceded nine runs from the over. Afghanistan are working for a comeback after losing quick wickets and this partnership might cost the game for Men in Blue. Afghanistan need 116 runs in 60 balls

AFG 66/3 (10)

Both batters are looking set and they are ticking the scoreboard with singles and doubles. India needs to break this partnership here. Kuldeep Yadav started his over with a no-ball. Kuldeep conceded 10 runs from the over. Afghanistan need 125 runs in 66 balls. 

AFG 57/3 (9) 

Eight overs are done and dusted, Axar Patel conceded seven runs. Well, India are fielding very well here and this will surely put pressure on the batting side because they are behind the asking run-rate. Afghanistan need 135 runs in 72 balls.

AFG 47/3 (8) 

Just five runs from Hardik Pandya's over. Afghanistan batters are working to build a strong partnership here. Afghanistan need 142 runs in 78 balls. India are looking for more wickets here. 
AFG 40/3 (7)
 

Axar Patel bowled a very good over the spinner just conceded eight runs from the over. Afghanistan are on the back foot the side is looking for a run-scoring partnership. Gukbadin ended the powerplay with a six. India currently hold the advantage. Afghanistan need 147 runs in 84 balls.

AFG 35/3 (6)

Getting Bumrah with the new ball the right tactic as the danger man Gurbaz goes back to the pavilion. The right thing to do by Rohit he has been using the premier speedster as first change but getting your best bowler in front of their best batter was a clever move.   

AFG 27/3 (5)

BOOOM BOOOM WICKET AGAIN!! Bumrah knows how to change the game. Hazratullah Zazai departed after scoring just two runs in four balls. Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan is looking unhappy here after the side lost quick wickets. 

WICKET!! India captain Rohit Sharma's catch removed Ibrahim Zadran. What a great bowling display by Axar Patel here. This victory will be a cakewalk for India because the pitch is helping bowlers. 

Virat Kohli drops a sitter here. Afghanistan again started scoring runs. Nine runs from the over. India need more wickets to win this game. Afghanistan need 159 runs
AFG 23/1 (3)

Two overs are done and dusted and Jasprit Bumrah got an early breakthrough by giving just one run. India needs more overs like this to win the game. 

AFG 14/1 (2)

WICKET!!! Rahmanullah Gurbaz who scored 11 runs from the first over departed on the second ball of the second over. What a great ball by Bangladesh. India gets the much-needed early breakthrough. Ibrahim joins Zazai for the chase. 

AFG 13/1 (1.2)

Team India needs to look into their batting side. Half of the batters struggled against Afghanistan. Rashid Khan-led side knows how to stop the opposition with their bowling. India managed to score 181 runs in 20 overs and the credit for this total goes to Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav. Both batters managed the partnership when the batting was struggling. This is a competitive total for India. Now, the onus is on the bowlers. 

What a great bowling by Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi. Jadeja played a lazy shot to get dismissed by scoring just seven runs. India are on the verge of all-out. IND 165/7 (18.4) 

Hardik Pandya departed after scoring 32 runs. But what a great batting display by the Indian vice-captain. India are inching towards a big total in Barbados. Axar Patel joins Ravindra Jadeja for the big total. 

IND 159/6 (18)  

That's fifty by Suryakumar Yadav. The batter is a magician and he proved again why he is a game changer. India are currently dominating the game. SKY departed after scoring 53 runs. 

IND 150/5 (17) 

Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav have started smashing the bowlers to all over the ground. This partnership is releasing the pressure from the batting side.  The partnership just needs one run for the 50-run stand. Suryakumar Yadav is inching towards his another half-century. The star batter just needs 8 runs to complete the runs mark.

IND 138/4 (16)

A boundary to end the over. India vice-captain Hardik Pandya smashed a boundary on the last ball of the 14th over. India are making a comeback after losing quick wickets. 

IND 115/4 (14) 

Thirteen overs are done and dusted. Suryakumar Yadav is smashing the bowlers to all over the ground. 12 runs from the over to put India in a strong position. IND 110/4 (13)

Shivam Dube departed. India is in a spot of bother the Men in Blue need a partnership here to stay in the game. India vice-captain Hardik Pandya joined Suryakumar Yadav for the big total. SKY just played an outrageous shot to release the pressure from the batting side. 

IND 103/4 

Shivam Dube and Suryakumar Yadav are steady on the ground. This partnership needs to build pressure on the bowling side because India have lost three wickets in quick succession. 

IND 79/3 (10)

WICKET!! Virat Kohli departed after scoring 24 runs in 24 balls. The former India captain got departed on the third ball of the ninth over. Big jolt for India. Shivam Dube joins Suryakumar Yadav. 

IND 62/3 (8.3)

Suryakumar Yadav joins Virat Kohli after Rishabh Pant's dismissal. Eight overs are done and dusted here. Afghan bowlers slowed down the game after Pant's dismissal. Six runs from the over. 

IND 60/2 (8)

WICKET!!! Major jolt to India. Wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant departed after scoring 20 runs off 11 balls including four boundaries. Virat Kohli is still in the ground. Afghanistan needs to pick his wicket as well to put pressure on the batting side. 

IND 54/2 (7)

Rishabh Pant is smashing the bowlers to all over the ground. What a great way to release the pressure from the batting side. 13 runs from the last over. Wicketkeeper batter released the pressure from the side. India needs good overs like this to win the game. It is tough to say who owns the powerplay because Afghanistan picked an Indian skipper and on the other hand, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are looking steady on the ground. 

IND 47/1 (6)

And Yes Kohli knows how to release the pressure. The batter replicated his 2022 T20 World Cup shot. What a beauty to watch him play. A good over for India to release some pressure. That's the first Six by Kohli in the ongoing World Cup. 

IND 34/1 (5) 

Virat Kohli is struggling here to get runs. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant is releasing the pressure from the batting side. But that's the quality of batting great he knows how to make in comeback in crunch situations. 

IND 25/1 (4)

Rishabh Pant is off the mark with a boundary. The wicketkeeper batter is in the form of his life. The major concern here is Virat Kohli. The star batter must be under pressure after his three poor outings in the marquee event. 

IND 16/1 (3)

WICKET!! Rohit Sharma departed after giving a bad start to India. Rashid Khan caught the Indian captain. The major breakthrough for bowling side. Rishabh Pant joins Virat Kohli for the big total. Pant is in the lethal form. 

Team India will wear black armbands today in memory of former India fast bowler David Johnson, who passed away on Thursday..

Team India have seven bowling options against Afghanistan. 

Rohit Sharma is currently on the pitch and Virat Kohli is warming up with the bat. Both batters will look for a good start for India.  On the other hand, Afghanistan are in a team hurdle ahead of the Super 8 clash. Indian fans have turned the stadium blue. 

Here are the playing XIs of both teams. 

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Rashid Khan at toss

We would have liked to bat first. It's more about how you play the game in T20s. Happy with our preparations and how things have gone. We are facing good teams, need to control our emotions and play our natural game. It does help getting used to the conditions. We have to play good cricket. We have one change, Karim Janat is not playing, Zazai comes in.
 

Rohit Sharma at toss

We are going to bat first. Looks alright at this moment, looks a good track. No grass on the pitch, I guess it will get slower. It's better than New York. We have to adapt to the conditions quickly. We have been here for a couple of days, we have played a lot of cricket. It's about understanding what we need to do in conditions like these. It's an early start. Usually start in the evening elsewhere. We enjoy playing here. We have made one change, Kuldeep comes in for Siraj.

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first against Afghanistan. Kuldeep Yadav comes into the playing XI in place of pacer  Mohammad Siraj. ROKO will now start the proceeding for India. 

Kuldeep Yadav was spottted warming up in the ground ahead of the clash. He will likely to feature today against Afghanistan. 

Team India have reached the venue for their Super Eight clash against Afghanistan. The toss will take place at 7.30 PM IST. Stay tuned to this space for all the live updates from Barbados.