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IND Vs AFG; Gill-Rahul’s century juggernaut; India in strong grip against Afghanistan, 1st innings declared at 564

By Samira Vishwas
  • The pair of Gill-Rahul shined
  • India made a mountain of runs
  • First innings declared on 564 runs

India vs Afghanistan Test match is being played at Mullampur in New Chandigarh. Today, i.e. Sunday, June 7, is the second day of the match. In this only Test match, the Indian team continued to dominate on the second day as well. After the brilliant innings of captain Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan and Rishabh Pant, India put up a huge score in the first innings. India declared their first innings at 564 runs after losing 8 wickets. In this innings, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill scored centuries, while Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar scored half-centuries.

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India’s brilliant batting

In the Mullapur Test match, Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat first. Manav Suthar, who made his debut in international cricket, was selected in the Indian team for this match. So, Nangeyalia Kharoti made his Test debut for Afghanistan. The first day of the match was completely in favor of the Indian team. Opener KL Rahul scored his 12th Test century with a 100 off 165 balls to get the team off to a strong start. This innings consisted of 11 fours. After that, captain Shubman Gill also scored a moderate but effective innings of 126 runs. Gill also completed his century in 138 balls with 11 fours and a six. It was Gill’s 11th Test century. Young batsman Sai Sudarshan once again proved his quality by scoring 81 runs. With the partnership of these three, India created pressure on the Afghanistan bowlers.

Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant got off to a cautious start in the first session of the second day’s play. The Afghan bowlers also bowled at the right stage. Mohammad Salim Safi gets India’s fourth wicket by dismissing Shubman. Rishabh Pant increased the run rate by batting in his aggressive style. Pant had a golden chance to score a century but was caught trying to hit a big shot off captain Hashamtullah Shahidi. Rishabh scored 81 runs off 121 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes. Debutant Manav Suthar took India’s seventh wicket. After that, Safi also dismissed Mohammad Siraj who scored 22 runs in 12 balls. Washington Sundar also scored a half-century to help India cross the 550 mark. Manav Suthar scored 28, Yashasvi 24, Mohammad Siraj 22 and Dhruv Jurel scored 19. Finally, India declared the innings at 564-8.

Powerful bowling by Mohammad Salim Safi

Mohammad Salim Safi was the most successful bowler from Afghanistan with excellent bowling. He took 6 crucial wickets to prevent India from building a bigger total. Ziaur Rahman and Hashamtullah Shahidi took wickets each. However, the Afghan bowlers were seen struggling against the consistent partnership of the Indian batsmen.

Indian team: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Famous Krishna.

Afghanistan team: Sediqullah Atal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Hashamtullah Shahidi (captain), Afsar Zazai (wicketkeeper), Azmatullah Umarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangelia Kharoti, Ziaur Rahman Sharifi and Mohammad Saleem Safi.

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