IND A vs AFG A: Afghanistan A reached the final for the first time, India's journey in Asia Cup ended

By News Update On Oct 26, 2024

Sports Desk: In the Emerging Asia Cup 2024, Afghanistan has made it to the final by defeating India by 20 runs. The Afghanistan team has managed to reach the final for the first time in the Emerging Asia Cup tournament. Afghanistan will face Sri Lanka A team in the final. Which has already reached the final after defeating Pakistan.

Afghanistan won the toss and batted first and scored a huge score of 206 runs. Afghanistan's batsmen did not allow the Indian bowlers to bowl from the beginning. Afghanistan made a partnership of 137 runs for the first wicket. In which Zubaid Akbari scored 64 runs. Along with him, Sediqullah Atal played an inning of 83 runs on 52 balls. In the end, Karim Janat also opened his hand and scored 41 runs in 20 balls. Due to which Afghanistan's score crossed 200. For India, Rasik Salam took 3 wickets and Aaqib Khan took 1 wicket.

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In response, the Indian team which came to chase this target did not have a good start. India's explosive batsman Abhishek Singh was out after scoring 7 runs. After which the pressure came on the Indian team. After that Prabhsimran Singh also scored 19, Tilak Verma 16, Nehal Wadhera 20 and Ayush Badoni scored 31 runs. In the end, Ramandeep definitely tried but could not lead the team to victory due to excess runs.

Ramandeep Singh played an inning of 64 runs but could not succeed in leading the team to victory. Ramandeep played an inning of 64 runs in 34 balls. Apart from that, Nishant Sindhu scored 23 runs. The Indian team could score only 186 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For Afghanistan, Abdul Rehman took 2 wickets and Ghazanfar took 2 wickets. Apart from that Ashraf got 1 wicket. Now the final will be played between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.

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