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IND vs AFG, 3rd T20I: India whitewash Afghanistan 3-0, win third T20I by 127 runs | The Local News
22:52 (IST) Sep 17Abhishek blitz, then a blank - India blasted off to 184/3 in 15 overs, built almost entirely on carnage from Abhishek Sharma, who tore into the Afghan attack for a 30-ball century, the fastest in the format's history by a batter from a Test-playing nation. Sanju Samson chipped in nicely too with a fifty of his own, but once both fell, the innings lost all its rhythm, with Iyer and the others unable to find any real timing.
Afghanistan did manage to claw their way back through the last five overs, defending superbly to restrict India to 221. They were near flawless in the field to boot, pulling off three run-outs along the way.
22:48 (IST) Sep 17Sizzling bowling display - Indeed it was, and Shreyas Iyer's captaincy deserves its share of credit too. With the pace pair of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Yash Thakur going for a bit in their opening spells, Iyer wasted no time turning to spin in the Powerplay.
And Axar Patel repaid the faith instantly, striking twice in his very first over. From there, it was a complete unraveling of Afghanistan's batting spine.
Bumrah delivered his special yorker, which consumed Rasooli, while Bishnoi switched it up further with a three-wicket haul of his own. 🏏Cricket Match PredictionHow exciting was this match?
Tap to make your prediction22:45 (IST) Sep 17A recurring problem - It was a bright start for Afghanistan in the chase, but the same script from the first two games played out once more. A promising opening undone by a total collapse.
31 without loss unraveled into 94 all out, and barring Ibrahim Zadran, not a single batter got past 20, with three others stalling in the teens, never quite comfortable enough to turn starts into something meaningful. This is turning out to be a worrying trend for them in the shortest format, as this time, they couldn't even cross triple figures.
22:38 (IST) Sep 17At the peak of their powers - The T20 World Champions hand Afghanistan a crushing defeat, sealing a 3-0 series sweep in the process. Yet another comfortably one-sided finish for the Men in Blue.
It was their away series at home, with Afghanistan hosting it in the Indian capital, but on Indian soil, they have been an absolutely dominant force, not losing any T20I series since February 2019. Plenty of question marks now hang over Afghanistan.
They were comprehensively outplayed with the bat, with their batting vulnerabilities surfacing again and again throughout the course of this three-match series. 1Score94 - 10 Ravi Bishnoi to Abdollah Ahmadzai, OUT!
GONE! Ravi Bishnoi wraps things up here with a three-fer.
INDIA WIN BY 127 RUNS AND TAKE THE SERIES 3-0! This is tossed up, full and around middle.
Abdollah Ahmadzai tries to slog it over mid-wicket but gets no timing at all. It goes high in the air towards deep mid-wicket, where Axar Patel circles under the high ball and pouches it safely.
🏏Cricket Match PredictionRate IND's performance in this matchTap to make your prediction22:35 (IST) Sep 17An exceptional bowling spell from Nitish. Started off by conceding 15 runs off his first over, and then roared back by picking up three wickets.
4Score93 - 9 Nitish Kumar Reddy to Abdollah Ahmadzai, Swing and a miss! A slower one, full and on leg, Abdollah Ahmadzai goes through the slog across the line early and misses.
3Score93 - 9 Nitish Kumar Reddy to Abdollah Ahmadzai, FOUR! Connects well this time!
1Score89 - 9 Nitish Kumar Reddy to Abdollah Ahmadzai, Hard length and around off, Abdollah Ahmadzai swats it off the bottom half of the bat towards long on. 6Score89 - 9 Ravi Bishnoi to Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nearly another one!
Wrong'un, full and on off, turns in a bit. 5Score89 - 9 Ravi Bishnoi to Rashid Khan, OUT!
OUTFOXED! Wicket number two for Bishnoi as Rashid falls.
Pushed through, drifting in full and around off. Rashid gets low, opens his stance, and goes for a full-blooded slog sweep, but reads the turn wrong.
He anticipates it to be a googly but it is a leg break that spins away from him. His bat comes down at an angle, letting the ball sneak underneath and crash into middle stump.
4Score89 - 8 Ravi Bishnoi to Abdollah Ahmadzai, A slip in place now. 3Score87 - 8 Ravi Bishnoi to Rashid Khan, WIDE!
Miles outside off, on a length. 2Score86 - 8 Ravi Bishnoi to Rashid Khan, FOUR!
Gets it through. A bit of a misfield there.
Quicker and shorter, outside off, Khan cuts it off the back foot and Nitish is a touch late to dive to his right at backward point. 6Score82 - 8 Nitish Kumar Reddy to Abdollah Ahmadzai, Gets the yorker in, on middle, Abdollah manages to somehow drop the bat down and squeeze it out on the pitch.
What an over from Nitish. 22:24 (IST) Sep 17India can see the finish line now.
5Score82 - 8 Nitish Kumar Reddy to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER!
A triple whammy for Reddy. He is absolutely delighted and why not!
A pinpoint yorker, at the base of the middle and leg stumps. Mujeeb Ur Rahman tries to jam the bat down and shovel it out, but in the process, his bat gets stuck on his back pad and the ball crashes into the stumps behind.
Mujeeb cannot believe it and trudges off. Afghanistan slip further down to 82/8.
22:22 (IST) Sep 17Another double-wicket over for India. 3Score82 - 7 Nitish Kumar Reddy to Azmatullah Omarzai, OUT!
CAUGHT! There goes another and Reddy has his second wicket.
Bowls it slightly fuller than a length, outside the off stump. Azmatullah Omarzai looks to carve it over deep cover, but the ball gets spooned off the toe end and Ravi Bishnoi makes no mistake with a simple catch at deep point.
1Score81 - 6 Nitish Kumar Reddy to Mohammad Nabi, OUT! BOWLED!
You miss, I hit, says Nitish. He keeps it plain and simple.
Bowls it in line with the stumps and on a good length. Mohammad Nabi looks to pull by swinging hard across the line, but the ball stays a touch low on the bounce and zips below his angled bat to clatter the stumps behind.
Nabi is fuming at himself as he trudges off. 22:19 (IST) Sep 17Spin from both ends?
4Score80 - 5 Axar Patel to Azmatullah Omarzai, Length ball, sliding in and around leg. 3Score79 - 5 Axar Patel to Azmatullah Omarzai, A slight appeal for LBW, but it is going down leg.
Turned down by the umpire too. 2Score79 - 5 Axar Patel to Mohammad Nabi, Slows it up, full and outside off, spinning away.
22:13 (IST) Sep 17Drinks Break! Afghanistan are in desperate need of a lift-off after being reduced from 31/0 to 70/5 with the same story repeating.
4. India will look to snag a couple of wickets as quickly as possible and just kill the game right here to complete a whitewash.
Axar Patel is back on. 2Score76 - 5 Nitish Kumar Reddy to Mohammad Nabi, Short of a length and on off, takes pace off.
Mohammad Nabi hops up to pull it away but gets a bottom edge as the ball drops on the off side just beside the cut-strip on off. 22:09 (IST) Sep 17Nitish Kumar Reddy is back on.
He went for 15 runs off his only over so far. 6Score74 - 5 Ravi Bishnoi to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR!
Gets off the mark in fine fashion! Quicker delivery, short and outside off.
22:07 (IST) Sep 17The debutant runs out of luck eventually. 5Score70 - 5 Ravi Bishnoi to Noor ul Rahman, OUT!
STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Ravi Bishnoi strikes.
He tosses it up, full and just outside off. Noor ul Rahman tries to go big down the ground but fails to get fully underneath it and his bat turns in his hands as well.
He does not get the elevation and hits it much flatter. It flies straight to long off, where Nitish Kumar Reddy does not have to move an inch and takes a good catch.
232 More UpdatesThe team management will hope Iyer and Tilak Varma spend more time at the crease after India's top order finished the job in both games. Nitish Reddy and Shivam Dube are yet to bat in the series because the top three have done most of the scoring.
On the bowling side, India will be pleased with Nitish Reddy's return after injury. He picked up wickets in the second T20I and is seen as an important backup for Hardik Pandya.
Ravi Bishnoi, who replaced the injured Varun Chakaravarthy in the second match, is also expected to get another game. Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh have continued to impress with the new ball.
Afghanistan, meanwhile, will look to finish the series on a better note before heading to the Asian Games. Their batting has struggled in both matches, and captain Ibrahim Zadran said the team needs to show more intent if it wants to challenge India."
We thought about the things that how to improve that 150-160 to 200 plus. we should go with the right intent to score, 200 plus."
I'm pretty sure we will improve that area if you want to beat, biggest team in international stage," Zadran said after the second defeat. A better performance in the final T20I would also give Afghanistan confidence before flying to Japan for the Asian Games.
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