India vs Afghanistan Match Stats

FOUR! Not from the middle of the bat, but gets the end result! This is flaoted, full and on middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal skips down the track, heaves it from the bottom part of the bat splitting long on and deep mid-wicket, Mohammad Nabi from long on runs to his right, and tries to push it back inside but only manages to parry it to the advertising boards for a boundary.

SIX! This is huge! Noor Ahmad tosses this one up, full and on middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal this time uses the depth of his crease, whacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence with ease for a biggie.

Flighted, full and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal reverse-sweeps it straight to short third man.

Flatter, full and on middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal clips it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Shortish and on middle, Shivam Dube pulls it hard but towards deep mid-wicket for a run.

SIX! Oh..my! This is some power hitting going on here! This is fligthed, full and around middle, Yashasvi Jaiswal gown on one knee and sweeps it powerfully towards the deep square leg fence for a flat maximum.

FOUR! Powered away! This is on a good length and on off, angling in, Shivam Dube stays there and swats it over the bowler's head for a thumping boundary.

FOUR! Another one! Naveen-ul-Haq goes a bit fuller, on the pads, Shivam Dube picks it up, uses the flick of the wrists to whip it away wide of long on for four more runs.

Change of pace this time, back of a length, on off, Shivam Dube goes through his pull early and toe-ends it towards short third man.

In the air...safe! This is short and on middle, slower too, Shivam Dube goes for the pull but gets top edge which lands safely on the mid-wicket region. Two runs taken.

FOUR! Another chance, but a tough one! This is pitched up and on middle, Shivam Dube lofts it in the air towards long on, Mohammad Nabi there dives forward to go for the catch, but lets it through for another boundary.

FIFTY for Dube and this has come in absolutely no time! Back-to-back half-centuries for him and he is punishing the bowlers here. This is on hard length and on leg, Shivam Dube tucks it towards mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! It doesn't really matter to him who is bowling. He is just hitting it precisely and effortlessly! Around the wicket and outside off, Shivam Dube plants his ahead and just drives it with sheer power over the covers for a boundary. No chance for the fielder to chase it down as it bullets away to the fence.

Slower and outside off on a length, Shivam Dube hits hard towards long off but this time finds a fielder in the deep for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Yashasvi Jaiswal departs but he has assured a probable victory for the hosts. On a back of a length outside off, Yashasvi Jaiswal looks to stand and deliver but gets a faint outside edge of the blade straight into the glove of Rahmanullah Gurbaz who goes low and pouches it comfortably.  Jaiswal looks disappointed as he fails to stay there till the end but walks out to a round of applause from the crowd for his amazing knock.

Over the wicket and on a back of a length, Jitesh Sharma looks to play across but does not connect at all and gets hit over his thigh pad. The ball rolls to deep third man and they collect a leg-bye single. Karim Janat was interested at that one but eventually aborts to send it upstairs.

Short and wide of off, Shivam Dube looks to pull but miscues to the off side and takes a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Jitesh departs on a duck. Short and outside off again and it shoots further up after pitching, Jitesh Sharma wants to go on the aerial route but slices it instead towards Mohammad Nabi to takes an easy catch. 

Bowls short and outside off, Shivam Dube hits it across the deep mid-wicket region for a single.

On a back of a length outside off, Rinku Singh defends it back to the bowler.

Length ball outside off, Rinku Singh hits this one across to deepish mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! There's no stopping to this man tonight! Short delivery which nips back into the southpaw but Dube does not get bothered by that and swings across and finds the fine leg fence for a boundary. Also, this is his highest T20I score! What an assault this has been from the left-hander.

Fuller and on off, Shivam Dube steers it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short this time and outside off, Rinku Singh steps out and pulls it towards deep square leg for a single to end the over.

FOUR! Now Rinku joins the party as well! Around the wicket and on a tad shorter length, Rinku Singh gets on his front foot and pulls away nicely to deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Nails in a yorker which was missing for the whole innings tonight, Rinku Singh carves it out to the covers.

Goes on a back of a length again on off, Rinku Singh heaves it towards deep square leg for another single.

Bowls a slower one and shorter into the stump line, Shivam Dube swings hard and misses out on it. This might be the first one that he has missed out on.

Yorker to follow on the middle stump, Shivam Dube works this one down to long on for a single. India just 3 runs away.

Will have to wait for another over to finish off! This is bowled on a shortish length across the stump, Rinku Singh goes hard to pull but miscues it to deep long on for a single. India just 2 away!

Over the wicket and fuller on off, Rinku Singh drives it straight to cover. He wants a single but Dube sends him back.

SCORES LEVEL! Bowls a full toss on the middle-leg line, Rinku Singh goes hard at it but gets the bottom half of his blade and hits it to mid-wicket and sprints for a single.

Nails a good yorker on off, Shivam Dube is rooted in the crease and smashes it towards mid off.

And that will do it! India seal the series and in what style? Hurls it on the pads and Shivam Dube looks to flick it off but misses and the ball thuds the pads and trickles down to fine leg. They run for a leg-bye single. With that India have clinched the series comprehensively and it's the youngsters who have stepped up to do the needful job for India. India win by 6 wickets and with 26 balls to spare.