Afghan cricket team in India in 2023–24

Afghan cricket team in India in 2023–24
 
  India Afghanistan
Dates 11 – 17 January 2024
Captains Rohit Sharma Ibrahim Zadran
Twenty20 International series
Results India won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Shivam Dube (124) Gulbadin Naib (112)
Most wickets Axar Patel (4) Fareed Ahmad (3)
Player of the series Shivam Dube (Ind)

The Afghanistan cricket team toured India in January 2024 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] The series marked the first time these nations engaged in a multi-match white-ball series as prior to this series, the Afghan cricket team had visited India to play a one-off test match with the Indian cricket team in 2018.[4] The series formed part of both teams' preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[5][6]

Squads

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 India[7]  Afghanistan[8]

On 10 January 2024, Rashid Khan was ruled out of Afghanistan's squad because of not recovering from a lower-back surgery.[9]

T20I Series

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1st T20I

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11 January 2024
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
158/5 (20 overs)
v
 India
159/4 (17.3 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 42 (27)
Axar Patel 2/23 (4 overs)
Shivam Dube 60* (40)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/21 (4 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Shivam Dube (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rahmat Shah (Afg) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

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14 January 2024
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
172 (20 overs)
v
 India
173/4 (15.4 overs)
Gulbadin Naib 57 (35)
Arshdeep Singh 3/32 (4 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 68 (34)
Karim Janat 2/13 (2 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Axar Patel (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first male cricketer to play 150 T20Is.[10]

3rd T20I

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17 January 2024
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India 
212/4 (20 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
212/6 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma 121* (69)
Fareed Ahmad 3/20 (4 overs)
Gulbadin Naib 55* (23)
Washington Sundar 3/18 (3 overs)
Match tied
(India won the second Super Over)

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)

References

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  1. ^ "BCCI announces fixtures for International Home Season 2023-24". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "India's home season: Major Test venues set to miss out on England series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan lock in all-format series against Sri Lanka and Ireland". International Cricket Council. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan to Tour India for a three-match T20I Series in January". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  5. ^ "India's T20I campaign roadmap before 2024 T20 World Cup". Crictoday. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Afghanistan to play Tests against Sri Lanka and Ireland in February". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ "India's squad for three T20Is against Afghanistan announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  8. ^ "ACB Name Squad for the T20I Series against India". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Rashid Khan ruled out of T20I series against India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Rohit Sharma Set To Become First Cricketer In History". Times Now News. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Rohit Sharma becomes the most prolific T20I centurion". ESPNcricinfo. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  12. ^ "IND vs AFG: Rohit Sharma goes level with MS Dhoni for most wins as captain in T20Is". India Today. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  13. ^ "India vs Afghanistan, 3rd T20I Highlights: India Defeat Resilient Afghanistan in Double Super-Over Affair". News 18. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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