Kohli’s six reminded us of the shot of the century: Rohit and Pandya were out despite being saved in DRS, Team India came out wearing black bands

India defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs in their first Super-8 match. With this win, Team India is undefeated in the current T20 World Cup, one match was inconclusive due to rain.

Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first at Kensington Oval Stadium in Bridgetown. Team India scored 181 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs on a slow pitch with the help of Suryakumar Yadav’s (53 runs) fifty and gave the Afghan team a target of 182 runs.

In the run chase, the Afghan team was all out for 134 runs in 20 overs. Many moments and records were seen in this match. The Indian captain got a lifeline from DRS after which he was out in the same over. The shot that Kohli played against Pakistan’s Haris Rauf in the 2022 World Cup and which was called the shot of the century. He played the same shot today against Afghan pacer Naveen. Rohit Sharma became the batsman to hit the most sixes as a captain in an ICC tournament.

7 moments of IND vs AFG…

1. Rohit survived in DRS, got out in the same over

Rohit Sharma played an inning of 8 runs on 13 balls.

Left arm pacer Fazal Haq Farooqi, who was bowling the third over of the Indian innings, gave the first blow to India. He got captain Rohit Sharma caught by Rashid Khan on the 5th ball of the third over. Rohit wanted to play a big shot with the straight bat on the fuller length ball, but was defeated by the speed. Fazal Haq bowled this ball at the speed of 119. The ball hit the lower part of the bat and went into the hands of Rashid Khan standing at mid-on. On the first ball of the same over, Fazal’s ball hit Rohit’s pad. Afghanistan took DRS and the third umpire gave not out.

2. Kohli’s flat six

Virat Kohli scored 24 runs off 24 balls.

Kohli hit his shot of the century like a six on Naveen’s ball. In the 5th over, Virat Kohli hit a flat six on Naveen Ul Haq’s ball. On a good length slower ball, Kohli played a shot with the straight bat over the bowler’s head.

3. Dubey got out in DRS

Shivam Dubey was out after scoring 10 runs.

Rashid Khan shocked India in the third consecutive over. After Pant-Kohli, he sent Shivam Dubey to the pavilion. Rashid got Shivam Dubey out LBW on the 5th ball of the 11th over. He wanted to cut the ball coming in from the off stump, but the ball hit the pad. Rashid appealed, but the field umpire rejected the appeal, so the Afghan captain took DRS and the third umpire declared Dubey out.

4. Naveen missed Pant’s catch

Rishabh Pant scored 20 runs off 11 balls.

There was a chance of runout on the first ball of the last over of the powerplay, but the third umpire declared it a knockout. Kohli tried to take a run by flicking Nabi’s first ball, but the short fine leg fielder made a direct throw, but did not get the wicket. Rishabh Pant, who came on strike here, hit three consecutive fours in Nabi’s over. The second four was due to a dropped catch. Rishabh swept towards deep backward, but Naveen Ul Haq could not catch the catch and the ball went out of the boundary line. Rishabh hit another four after getting a lifeline.

5. Super fit Kohli missed the catch of Jadran

Virat Kohli dropped the catch of Ibrahim Zadran

Virat Kohli missed the catch of Ibrahim Zadran in the third over. Zadran played the back of length ball outside the off stump from the backfoot. Which went to Virat Kohli standing at cover point, but Kohli could not catch the ball. 9 runs came from this over of Arshdeep and the score of Afghanistan became 23/1.

6. Team India came out wearing black bands, paid tribute to Johnson

Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh Kalli wearing a bandage.

Indian players are playing against Afghanistan wearing black bands on their arms. They are paying tribute to former Indian fast bowler David Johnson. Johnson committed suicide on Thursday.

7. Irfan Pathan brought the trophy

Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan with the trophy.

Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan brought the trophy before the match started. Irfan is a member of India’s only T20 World Cup winning team. He received the Man of the Match award in the final match of the 2007 T20 World Cup.

Now 3 records…

1. Most sixes as a captain in an ICC tournament
Rohit Sharma has reached number 1 in terms of hitting the most sixes as a captain in any ICC tournament. He has left behind former English captain Eoin Morgan. He now has 39 sixes in 20 innings. While Eoin Morgan has 38 sixes in 29 innings.

2. Most number of single digit runs in T20 WC
Rohit has become the first player to score the most single digit scores in T20 World Cup. He has now scored less than 10 runs in single digits 11 times in T20 World Cup. Before him, this unwanted record was in the name of Yuvraj Singh.

3. Most Man of the Match in T20
Suryakumar Yadav now has the most number of Man of the Match awards in T20 International. He has 15 Man of the Match awards in 64 matches. Virat Kohli is at the second spot. He has 15 Man of the Match awards in 120 matches.