India Completes 3-0 Sweep Over Afghanistan with Dominant 9-Wicket Victory

Let's hear from the centurion - Yashasvi Jaiswal says that he enjoyed the innings and just wanted to kick on after a fast start in the Powerplay. On his opportunities so far in this format, he says that he tries to control the controllables and works hard, and there's support from the coaching staff as well. On a positive start to his ODI career, he says that he's just trying to convert his starts into big scores and is very determined to keep his focus and make things count. On batting with Rohit Sharma, he says that he continues to ask Rohit about what to do and mentions that even today, when he was playing a few dot balls, Rohit helped him out.

It was a topsy-turvy innings from Afghanistan after opting to bat first. They were reduced to 36/4 early on, with Prasidh Krishna doing all the damage, before Hashmatullah Shahidi led a spirited recovery. With Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi for company, the skipper helped drag his side back into the contest.

Afghanistan sprayed it around with the ball and were untidy in the field as well, and the Indian opening pair made them merry. The back of the chase was broken in the first Powerplay itself. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma looked largely untroubled, rotating strike with ease and punishing anything loose as the home side steadily marched towards the target. While Rohit fell short of a three-figure score, Jaiswal did as he brought up his second ODI hundred.

Job done - A clinical chase from the Men in Blue as they completed a dominant 3-0 clean sweep over Afghanistan. It was a professional effort from Shubman Gill and his men across all three games, with India proving superior in every department. With white-ball cricket being Afghanistan's stronger suit compared to the Test arena, where they were outplayed, there was an expectation that they would push India much harder in this series, but it did not pan out that way.

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Overs28.4

Score224 - 1

Mohammad Nabi to Yashasvi Jaiswal, SIX! Yashasvi Jaiswal ends proceedings in style, and India win by 9 wickets, sweeping the series 3-0 as well. A floater from Nabi, on the pads, Jaiswal dances down the pitch, doesn't quite get to the pitch of the ball but goes through with the slog and gets it over deep mid-wicket for a six.

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Overs28.1

Score214 - 1

Mohammad Nabi to Yashasvi Jaiswal, SIX! What a way to bring up your 2nd ODI HUNDRED! Yashasvi Jaiswal gets to the milestone in style and leaps up in the air before taking off his helmet and soaking in all of the deserved applause. Tossed up, wide outside off, Jaiswal dances down the pitch and wallops it away over extra cover and all the way for a six.

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Overs27.5

Score202 - 1

Fareed Ahmad to Shreyas Iyer, Not Out! A well-directed short ball, dug in over leg and around the front shoulder. Shreyas Iyer looks to pull but misses. Half an appeal for caught behind, Rahmanullah Gurbaz seems certain, but doesn't get much support from the bowler. The umpire turns it down, but Gurbaz convinces the skipper to go for the review. The replays roll in, and UltraEdge shows that the ball missed the bat and the gloves.

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Overs25.6

Score184 - 1

Fareed Ahmad to Yashasvi Jaiswal, In the air...but it falls short. Bowled on a length, on off. Jaiswal throws his hands at the ball. Slices it in the air off the outer half towards deep cover. Ziaur Rahman does not pick it up early as he runs around initially before charging in towards the ball. Rahman slides in front, but the ball gets to him on the bounce. Single taken.

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Overs25.5

Fareed Ahmad to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Cheeky and effective! At the sticks, on a good length, on middle. Jaiswal walks across for the scoop with fine leg inside the circle. Jaiswal ends up playing it finer than he would have liked, but manages to evade Rahmanullah Gurbaz and it races away.

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Overs25.5

Fareed Ahmad to Shreyas Iyer, Two wides! Down leg, on a back of a length. Iyer gets inside the line and swings across but fails to lay any bat on it. Rahmanullah Gurbaz moves to his left but cannot gather it cleanly. The ball deflects away off his gloves and the batters cross.

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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.

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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.

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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.