Shivam Dube’s all-round performance led India to a win by 6 wickets over Afghanistan in the first T20I of the three-match series. He scored a magnificent fifty and also took a wicket in Mohali. The southpaw played glorious strokes in his knock and passed the first audition before the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. He remained unbeaten on 60 off 40 balls, with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes.
He dismissed Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran, who scored 25 runs off 22 balls. Dube conceded 9 runs in his 2 overs.
Earlier, Afghanistan were restricted to 158/5 in 20 overs. Mohammad Nabi was the top-scorer for the visiting team. He amassed 42 off 27 balls, laced with 3 sixes and 2 fours.
Mukesh Kumar and Axar Patel took two wickets each, respectively.
Chasing 159, India had a terrible start as Rohit Sharma departed without scoring a run. He was run out due to his mix-up with Shubman Gill.
Gill fell after 12-ball 23. Tilak Varma (26) and Jitesh Sharma (31) were the other batters to depart.
Related
