Best performances - Batsmen
Abhishek Sharma
82(32) 7x4 - 7x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 26 runs
- 3x4 - 2x6
Azmatullah Omarzai
64(44) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %73%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 15 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
13/09Result
1st T20I (N), Afghanistan tour of India [Sep 2026] at Delhi, Sep 13 2026
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![India]( "India")
157/3 (13.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
13/09Result
1st T20I (N), Afghanistan tour of India [Sep 2026] at Delhi, Sep 13 2026
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![India]( "India")
157/3 (13.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Arshdeep Singh
- O4
- M0
- R19
- W3
- Eco4.75
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- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
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Mohammad Nabi
- O3
- M0
- R28
- W2
- Eco9.33
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
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Partnerships
Afghanistan - Innings
India - Innings
Manhattan
Run rate graph
Worm
Match Coverage
All Match NewsIndia eliminate Afghanistan's sixes, but fifth-bowler worries remain
The four frontline bowlers enjoyed a dominant night out, but Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shivam Dube went for plenty
Pybus: 'We made fundamental mistakes, we'll be reviewing that'
"We were considerably short of the type of target we should have been able to set," Richard Pybus says of Afghanistan's batting in the first T20I against India
Abhishek lights up Delhi as India cruise past Afghanistan
Omarzai's half-century took Afghanistan to 157 but it proved insufficient with India chasing down the target in 13.4 overs
India bowl, leave out Sooryavanshi for Abhishek and Samson
Bumrah and Varun return to join Arshdeep as specialist bowlers in the bowling attack
Naveen-ul-Haq is back, fierce and unbothered
He's smart, skillful, deeply philosophical about the game, and raring to go after a long and frustrating injury break
