India vs Afghanistan: Afghanistan Bowled Out for 218, India Chasing Target

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Overs0.5

Score23 - 0

Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Easy pickings! Omarzai errs in both line and length. Short and wide on off, there to be put away. Jaiswal does not miss out as he extends his hands and cracks it away past point for four more.

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Overs0.4

Score19 - 0

Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, NO BALL, FOUR! Gets it through! Oh, dear, this is going from bad to worse for Azmatullah Omarzai. He has overstepped once again. Leg-cutter, bowled into the surface, on off. Jaiswal forces it down the ground. Rahmat Shah move to his left and slides but lets it through. Free Hit up next.

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Overs0.3

Score12 - 0

Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Put away! After the first ball, Azmatullah Omarzai has been a touch too short with his lengths. This is short and wide on off. Jaiswal stands tall, rides the bounce and slaps it past cover for a boundary.

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Overs0.2

Score8 - 0

Azmatullah Omarzai to Yashasvi Jaiswal, First runs off the bat. Moving back in at the hips, on a back of a length. Jaiswal gets on his toes and tucks it through backward square leg for a couple of runs to get off the mark.

We are back for the run chase! The umpires are back out in the middle and so are the players of Afghanistan. It will be the duo of Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal to open the innings for India, who will start at 5/0, given the five penalty runs conceded by Hashmatullah Shahidi for running onto the pitch time and again. Azmatullah Omarzai to start proceedings with the ball. Let's play...

A clean sweep incoming? Afghanistan have huffed and puffed their way to a score of 218 runs, but they will have mixed feelings about that score. When they were 36/4, they would have certainly taken this total, but they got to 141/4 at one stage, with nearly 22 overs remaining and they will feel they should have got to at least 250. India, on the other hand, will look to come out of the blocks quickly and gun the target down without a fuss. But will they? We will find out soon. The run chase is coming up in a bit.

Let's now hear from the man of the moment - Prasidh Krishna says he is really pleased to have bowled well and contributed to the team on such a hot day in Chennai. He mentions that a lot of work has gone into refining his lengths over a long period of time, regardless of the format, and it is nice to see that effort paying off. Adds that Morne Morkel has been constantly in his ear. Admits he was feeling the effects of the heat after five overs in his opening spell, but says that turning up on a day like this and putting in that kind of effort for the team is particularly satisfying.

Shahidi's maiden ton gets upstaged - Azmatullah Omarzai and Hashmatullah Shahidi both got to their fifties but Omarzai was undone by a bumper from Prince Yadav. Shahidi did well to build another steady stand with Mohammad Nabi, but things started to go downhill once Nabi got out. Shahidi started to feel the heat, not just from the conditions but also to go on and score big. A couple of run outs and a few wickets later, Shahidi managed to conjure up a maiden ODI ton, only to fall prey to Prasidh Krishna, who closed out the innings with a maiden ODI five-fer.

Prasidh's opening burst sets the tone - After being asked to bowl first, Prasidh Krishna ran through the Afghan top order as he picked up 4 wickets in his first spell and India had the opposition reeling at 36/4. However, the spinners couldn't make much of an impact in the middle phase, nor could the other pacers after the first 10 overs, and this allowed Afghanistan back in the game. It was then a 100-plus run stand between Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai that got the visitors back in the contest.

Done with the first innings - End of a long and hard-fought first innings under the warm Chennai sun. Conditions were hot and humid and we saw a lot of players struggling with the sultry conditions, but in the end, it will be India who will be very pleased heading into the break.

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Overs44.2

Score218 - 10

Prasidh Krishna to Hashmatullah Shahidi, OUT! CAUGHT! Shreyas Iyer makes no mistake, and Afghanistan have been bowled out for 218. A five-wicket haul for Prasidh Krishna, his first in ODI cricket. Off-cutter, bowled into the surface, on middle and leg. Shahidi makes room for himself and goes through with the pull. He does connect well but hits it flat and straight down the throat of deep mid-wicket, where Shreyas Iyer gets on his knees and gobbles it up.

Hashmatullah Shahidi is down on the ground. He is wincing in pain right now, and this is not a good sign at all for Afghanistan. He is seen holding his right hip as well and it seems like the cramps are spreading out all throughout his body. The forearm seems to be completely gone and the physio is really trying to provide relief to Shahidi. He is finally up on his feet and will continue the fight.

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Overs43.4

Score217 - 9

Washington Sundar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Neatly done, and that brings up a maiden ODI ton for Hashmatullah Shahidi. Drops it short, does Sundar, on off. Shahidi rocks back and cuts it late to thread the gap between backward point and short third for a boundary. A moment to savour for the Afghanistan skipper. It has not been easy batting in this Chennai heat, and despite being hampered by cramps, Shahidi has dug deep and battled on for his side.

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Overs43.2

Score213 - 9

Washington Sundar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Good running! Drifting onto the pads, on a length. Shahidi clips it in front of deep square leg and calls for two straight away. By the time Yashasvi Jaiswal can get in off the ropes and get rid of the ball, Shahidi comes back for the second run. The Afghan skipper moves to 98, this is now his highest ODI score.

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Overs42.4

Score210 - 9

Prasidh Krishna to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Half a shout for caught behind, but turned down. Not much conviction in the appeal and India do not take the review. Slower, short ball, on off. Shahidi is way too early into the pull and fails to connect.

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Overs42.3

Score210 - 9

Prasidh Krishna to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Takes pace off and bowls it on a back of a length. Shahidi does not pick the change of pace and is through the pull early. Gets a bottom edge and it dribbles back to the keeper.

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Overs42.2

Score210 - 9

Prasidh Krishna to Hashmatullah Shahidi, At 130.6 kph, dug in short, on off. Hashmatullah makes room for himself and gets his hands high. He flays it over backward point but it is cut off by Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is swift to his right in the deep. No single taken as Shahidi's cramps are now severely restricting his movement.

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Overs42.1

Score210 - 9

Prasidh Krishna to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Streaky! Bowled on a length, on off. Hashmatullah Shahidi clears the front leg and swings hard at it. Gets a top edge and it flies fine of the man at deep third for a boundary. The Afghan skipper moves to 95.

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Overs41.1

Score206 - 9

Washington Sundar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, OUT! FAREED IS RUN OUT! That's really poor running between the wickets, never a single there, and why would Hashmatullah Shahidi even want to give the strike to a tailender? Washington Sundar bowls it full and flat outside off, Shahidi blocks it to the right of cover and sets off for the single yet again. Fareed Ahmad responds and races to the danger end. Shubman Gill picks up the ball cleanly and fires in a throw at the top of the stumps. Ishan Kishan collects it and whips off the bails in a flash, with Fareed well short of his crease. Also, Ziaur Rahman is the last batter in for Afghanistan.

Out goes AM Ghazanfar and in walks Fareed Ahmad. We now have the official clarification regarding the confusion at the end of the previous over. Hashmatullah Shahidi did take a single, but in doing so, he ran through the danger area. He had already been warned by the umpires earlier in the innings, and with this being a repeat offence, the single was disallowed, and Afghanistan have also been docked five runs. That explains why Rashid Khan was on strike at the start of the over.

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Overs40.6

Score206 - 8

Harsh Dubey to Hashmatullah Shahidi, OUT! GHAZANFAR IS RUN OUT! A bit unnecessary and Afghanistan's innings is coming off the boil here. Harsh Dubey bowls it flatter on the pads, Hashmatullah Shahidi tucks it towards square leg and the batters set off for the single. Shubman Gill at mid-wicket moves to his left and fires in a throw towards the keeper. AM Ghazanfar dives in as Ishan Kishan takes off the bails, and replays show that the batter is short of his crease.

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Overs40.4

Score206 - 7

Harsh Dubey to AM Ghazanfar, Oh, a tough chance, and that's gone down. Flatter on middle, punched back down to the right of the bowler. Harsh Dubey springs across and the ball just bursts through the hand and down to long on for a single.