Ind vs Afg 1st ODI Updates: Shubman Gill’s storm in Dharamshala, India defeated Afghanistan by 7 wickets; 1-0 lead in the series

The first exciting match of the three-match ODI series being played between India and Afghanistan was played at the beautiful Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamshala. In this rain-affected match, the Indian team performed brilliantly and defeated Afghanistan by 7 wickets. With this victory, Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in this 3-match home series. Now the second match of the series between the two teams 17 June 2026 Will be played at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow.

Match played 25-25 overs due to rain, Shubman won the toss

Due to heavy rain before the match in Dharamshala, the umpires cut the overs, after which the match was reduced to 25-25 overs. The new captain of the Indian team, Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bowl first. Coming to bat first, Afghanistan team scored 194 runs after losing all the wickets in 24.5 overs on the basis of opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s century and set a challenging target of 195 runs for India to win.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s stormy century, Indian bowlers made a comeback like this

Afghanistan’s start was very aggressive. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz rained fours and sixes all around the ground. his century in 48 balls finished off. Gurbaz played a stormy innings of 102 runs in a total of 51 balls. With this, he has become the second Afghan batsman after Mohammad Shahzad to score a century against India in ODI cricket.

However, as soon as Gurbaz was out, the Indian bowlers made a brilliant comeback in the match. Harsh Dubey and Gurnoor Brar, who were making their international debut for India, bowled lethally and took 3 wickets each, due to which the Afghanistan team fell apart in the last overs and could not even touch the 200-run mark.

Captain Shubman Gill’s match winning innings, KL Rahul showed his strength

The Indian team, which came to chase the target of 195 runs, did not have a good start and in the sixth over, experienced batsman Rohit Sharma was unfortunately run out after scoring just 16 runs. After this, wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan (34 runs) along with captain Shubman Gill made a quick partnership of 70 runs in 43 balls. Ishaan was dismissed by star spinner Rashid Khan in the 13th over. Shreyas Iyer also returned to the pavilion early after scoring 12 runs.

After the fall of three wickets, captain Shubman Gill took charge and 84 unbeaten runs in 66 balls Played a captaincy innings, which included 11 fours and 2 skyscraper sixes. On the other end, experienced batsman KL Rahul supported him well and played a brilliant innings of 39 unbeaten runs in just 19 balls, taking India to the threshold of victory by losing 3 wickets in just 22.5 overs. There was an unbeaten partnership of 53 runs in 32 balls between the two for the fourth wicket.

Playing XI of both the teams

• Indian team: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.

• Afghanistan team: Ibrahim Zadran, Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Umarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wicketkeeper), Rashid Khan, Mohammad Saleem Safi, AM Ghazanfar, Zia ur Rehman Sharifi.