IND vs AFG 2nd T20I: Deadly bowling by Nitish Kumar Reddy, Afghanistan gave India a target of 160 runs.

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IND vs AFG 2nd T20I: The second T20I match between India and Afghanistan is being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Indian captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which Afghanistan, batting first, scored 159 runs for 8 wickets. Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zardan scored 37 runs. While Rashid Khan played a stormy inning of 28 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was returning from injury for India, took 3 wickets while bowling lethally. Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets. Whereas Jasprit Bumrah, Ravi Vishnoi and Akshar Patel got 1 success each. Now India will have to score 160 runs to win.

Bumrah bowled a maiden in the first over, then Arshdeep gave the first blow.

In this match against India, after losing the toss and coming to bat first, Afghanistan's innings was started by captain Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. However, Afghanistan had a bad start. Jasprit Bumrah bowled the first over maiden. After this, Arshdeep Singh dismissed Gurbaz in the second over. Gurbaz could not even open an account.

Half-century partnership between Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah

After this, there was a half-century partnership between Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal, which was broken by Nitish Kumar Reddy. He gave the second blow to Afghanistan by dismissing Ibrahim Zadran. Zadran was out after scoring 37 runs on 33 balls, which included 6 fours. After this Ravi Bishnoi sent Sadiqullah Atal to the pavilion. Sediqullah was out after scoring 12 runs in 15 balls with the help of 2 fours.

Afghanistan had lost the sixth wicket at the score of 100 runs.

After the dismissal of Sediqullah, Gulbadin Naib also left. Reddy sent him to the pavilion. Gulbadin scored 10 runs in 8 balls with the help of 1 four. After this, Afghanistan lost its sixth wicket at the score of 100 runs. The fifth blow to Afghanistan was in the form of Umarzai. Umarzai became the victim of Akshar Patel after scoring 11 runs. After this, Arshdeep dismissed Darvish Rasooli who was scoring fast. Darvish Rasooli was out after scoring 26 runs in 15 balls. During this, 1 four and 2 sixes came from his bat.

Rashid Khan-Mohammad Nabi took Afghanistan closer to 150

After this, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan scored runs rapidly and took Afghanistan's innings close to 150. But then in the 19th over, Bumrah broke this partnership by dismissing Nabi. Nabi scored 20 runs in 14 balls, which included 2 fours and a six. After this, Nitish Kumar Reddy dismissed Rashid Khan on the first ball of the last over of the innings. Rashid Khan played a stormy innings of 28 runs in 16 balls and during this he hit 3 fours and 1 six. In the end, Noor Ahmed returned unbeaten after scoring 7 runs and Mujeeb-ur-Rahman returned unbeaten after scoring 4 runs and took the team's score to 159 runs.

This is the playing 11 of India and Afghanistan:

Afghanistan's playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Sediqullah Atal, Gulbadin Naib, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Fazalhaq Farooqui.

India's playing 11: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.

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