Cricket Match Highlights: India vs. Afghanistan

Overs24.3 Score175 - 1 Mohammad Nabi to Shreyas Iyer, A bit of turn into the pads, on a length. Iyer wrists it in front of square on the leg side and turns the strike over.

1 Overs24.2 Score174 - 1 Mohammad Nabi to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sliding on with the arm, on a good length, on middle. Jaiswal plays it to the right of the man at mid-wicket and sets off for the single.

0 Overs23.6 Score173 - 1 Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Tosses it up, fuller and it is the googly, on off and middle. Shreyas reaches out for the drive but miscues it to mid-wicket.

0 Overs23.2 Score171 - 1 Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, What happened there? Stays short, on middle. Iyer rocks back to stab it down on the leg side. Shreyas loses hold of the bat and it drops beside the strip on the leg side. Quite an unusual sight that the batter has lost grip of the bat while blocking.

W Overs22.5 Score170 - 1 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Rohit Sharma is livid with himself as he has picked out the fielder in the deep to absolute perfection. Not the best of balls by Nabi, this is on the shorter side, on middle. Rohit hops on the back foot for the pull but the ball comes on slower than he expected. It comes off the toe end of the blade and goes flat to deep mid-wicket, where the sub fielder, Sediqullah Atal leans forward and takes the catch. End of a 170-run opening stand. India need 49 more runs.

1 Overs22.4 Score170 - 0 Mohammad Nabi to Yashasvi Jaiswal, This is bowled by going wide on the crease. Full and quick, speared in at the stumps. Jaiswal mistimes the drive to long off for one.

6 Overs21.3 Score165 - 0 Rashid Khan to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Into the stands! Way too short by Rashid, on middle. This sits up to be hit and Rohit does not miss out. He nails the pull off the front foot over square leg for half a dozen.

4 Overs21.2 Score159 - 0 Rashid Khan to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Not exactly where Rohit intended, but he will take it. Floated up, it is the googly, turning into the pads. Rohit presses forward to whip it away. It goes off an inside edge and fine of the short fine leg fielder.

2 Overs21.1 Score155 - 0 Rashid Khan to Rohit Sharma, Serves the googly but the length is a bit too short, on middle and leg. Rohit picks the googly, stays back and plays it with the spin past mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

0 Overs20.3 Score150 - 0 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, Holds it back a touch, on a length, on off. Rohit does not fall for the bait and is happy to defend from the crease.

1 Overs20.2 Score150 - 0 Mohammad Nabi to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Full and darted in, on middle. Jaiswal steps out and knocks it to long off. With this single, the 150 is up for India.

1 Overs20.1 Score149 - 0 Mohammad Nabi to Rohit Sharma, Flighted up on the pads. Rohit gets down on a knee and goes hard on the slog sweep. Gets an inside edge and it rolls down to deep fine leg for one.

0 Overs19.6 Score148 - 0 Rashid Khan to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rashid comes around the wicket and angles it in full on off. Jaiswal blocks it off the front foot. India now need just 71 more for the win, with 30 overs still to play.

0 Overs17.6 Score139 - 0 Rashid Khan to Rohit Sharma, Oh, some hesitation in the middle but Jaiswal survives. On the pads, nudged away down to backward square leg. Rohit calls for the single and Jaiswal responds, but Jaiswal ends up scampering back. Fareed Ahmad fires in a wide throw at the bowler's end and Jaiswal makes his ground.