Afghanistan Struggles at 37/4 After 10 Overs Against India

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Overs12.4

Score52 - 4

Prince Yadav to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR! The 50 is up for Afghanistan. Prince serves the bumper at 138.9 kph, outside off. Omarzai stands tall and gets his hands high to roll his wrists over the ball. He drags it in front of square to the left of the man at deep square leg for a four.

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Overs12.3

Score48 - 4

Prince Yadav to Azmatullah Omarzai, Angled in, on middle and leg, on a length. Azmatullah brings his bat out in front and pats it down on the off side.

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Overs12.1

Score48 - 4

Prince Yadav to Azmatullah Omarzai, This is on a back of a length, on off. Azmatullah stands tall on top of the bounce and taps it to mid off.

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Overs11.6

Score48 - 4

Gurnoor Brar to Azmatullah Omarzai, Hits the deck hard and gets a good lift off the surface. At 140.7 kph, on off. Azmatullah Omarzai gets his bat high to fend it down. It catches the shoulder of the blade and runs down to deep third for one.

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Overs11.4

Score47 - 4

Gurnoor Brar to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR! Driven nicely. A bit too full, on off. Omarzai presses half-forward and leans on to drive it all along the ground. Plays it to the right of cover and picks up a boundary to get going.

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Overs11.3

Score43 - 4

Gurnoor Brar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, From over the wicket now, fuller and angling away. Hashmatullah does not move his feet much but extends his hands and drives it wide of mid off. Shubman Gill puts in a dive to his right and keeps the batters down to a single.

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Overs11.1

Score42 - 4

Gurnoor Brar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Gets it through! At 134.4 kph, on a good length, not all that wide, on off. Shahidi forces the drive on the up. Not well timed and it should have been stopped by Harsh Dubey at cover, but he fails to get low quickly. It races away and Shubman Gill's chase goes in vain.

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Overs10.4

Score38 - 4

Prince Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Dug in short, over middle. Shahidi is rushed and he takes his eyes off the ball but manages to swivel and pull it behind square leg for a single.

That's the end of Powerplay 1, and it was bossed by India. Although they can now have four fielders outside the 30-yard circle, they will not want to spread the field too much just yet, with Afghanistan being under the pump. Prasidh Krishna looks spent, but he is staying on the field.

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Overs9.6

Score37 - 4

Prasidh Krishna to Azmatullah Omarzai, No harm done! Back of a length and outside off, Azmatullah Omarzai lines it up and looks to swing it leg side but fails to connect. Afghanistan are 37/4 after the first 10 overs.

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Overs9.6

Score37 - 4

Prasidh Krishna to Azmatullah Omarzai, A fine delivery to end the over, but hang on, the siren has gone off. Prasidh Krishna has overstepped and it will be a No Ball. Coming to the delivery, it is pitched a bit fuller around off, just nibbling away. Omarzai has a push at it but opts to pull out of the shot late. Free Hit loading...

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Overs9.4

Score36 - 4

Prasidh Krishna to Azmatullah Omarzai, On a good length, shaping away from off, Azmatullah Omarzai strokes it nicely on the up but the fielder at covers makes a sharp stop to his right.

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Overs9.3

Score36 - 4

Prasidh Krishna to Azmatullah Omarzai, Full, on off, angling in, Azmatullah Omarzai pushes it back to the bowler. Prasidh Krishna shows a bit of controlled aggression as he picks up the ball and fires in a deliberate wide throw at the batter's end.

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Overs9.2

Score36 - 4

Prasidh Krishna to Darwish Rasooli, OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, that's such a poor shot choice from Darwish Rasooli, especially at this stage of the game. Prasidh Krishna peppers the shorter length and bangs it in short around off. Rasooli goes after it and ends up just getting it high off the bat. The ball spoons over the cover region, where Shreyas Iyer runs across to his left from mid off and takes a good running catch. Krishna already has a four-fer to his name, and he's only conceded 5 runs so far.

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Overs9.1

Score36 - 3

Prasidh Krishna to Darwish Rasooli, Top delivery! Pitched up a bit fuller, in the corridor of uncertainty, and Darwish Rasooli gets pegged back as he tries to defend, but the ball moves away well past the outside edge.

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Overs8.6

Score36 - 3

Prince Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Hashmatullah Shahidi gets one away here. Short ball on middle, angling in, Shahidi manages to get inside the line and pulls it down to fine leg for a boundary.

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Overs8.3

Score32 - 3

Prince Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Yadav comes around the wicket and pushes a fuller-length delivery in from outside off. Shahidi hangs back and pushes it out to cover. There's just been no strike rotation from the Afghan batters so far.

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Overs8.1

Score31 - 3

Prince Yadav to Darwish Rasooli, WIDE! A loosener to begin with from Prince. Fullish length, spilled well down the leg side. Ishan Kishan fails to collect it as well, and the batters pick up a run as well.

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Overs7.6

Score29 - 3

Prasidh Krishna to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Bowled from around the wicket to the left-hander, full and outside off as well. Hashmatullah Shahidi gets across a bit and punches it towards cover.

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Overs7.2

Score28 - 3

Prasidh Krishna to Ibrahim Zadran, OUT! CAUGHT! It's like watching it on repeat. Prasidh Krishna has three to his name, and Afghanistan are in early trouble here. Krishna pitches the ball on a three-quarter length and bowls it in the channel outside off. Ibrahim Zadran is drawn forward to drive but the ball nips away with some extra bounce and again, the outside edge is found. The ball goes sharply but straight to Rohit Sharma at first slip and he takes a good reaction catch near his chest. Afghanistan reeling at 28/3.

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Overs6.6

Score28 - 2

Gurnoor Brar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Even fuller now, just outside off, Shahidi gets caught on the back foot and gets squared up a bit, but manages to block it towards point.

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Overs6.4

Score28 - 2

Gurnoor Brar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Brar comes around the wicket and bowls a fullish delivery around the fifth stump line at nearly 143 clicks. Hashmatullah Shahidi leaves it alone.

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Overs6.2

Score28 - 2

Gurnoor Brar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Nicely bowled! Hammered in on a length, just around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi hops up to defend but the ball angles past the blade.