Team India took one step closer to towards the semi-finals with a confident win against Afghanistan in their opening game of the Super Eight stage at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday, June 20 in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. It was a good all-round show from India as they were relentless in their pursuit of those two points despite not being at their best, especially with the bat, with Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah being the two prominent stars of the win for the Men in Blue.
India decided to bat first, which seemed like a going-against-the-grain move as far as the trend was concerned, but given how the results have panned out in the tournament, especially in the Caribbean, it wasn’t a rocket science why Rohit Sharma decided to go have a bat first. It wasn’t a great start for India as Rohit was dismissed by a left-arm seamer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, not for the first time in the competition. It got even worse with Rashid Khan spinning the web after the powerplay as India lost three crucial wickets in consecutive overs from Afghanistan skipper.
However, it was time for
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