Indore: Scintillating half-centuries from opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and all-rounder Shivam Dube led India beat Afghanistan in the second T20 international to take 2-0 lead in the ongoing T20I series played at Indore. The hosts chased down the target of 173 in the 16th over by losing 4 wickets.
Though captain Rohit Sharma got out for another duck, Jaiswal forged a 57-run partnership with Virat Kohli (29 off 16) before joining hands with Dube to add a match winning 92 runs in seven overs. Jaiswal scored 68 off 34 with 5 fours, six sixes, while Dube hit his second half-century of the series remaining not-out on 63 off 32 with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. India, though lost wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma for zero, Rinku Singh (9 off 9) ensured that the team crossed the target with 26 balls left. India plundered 97 runs off the 7 overs bowled by Afghanistan spinners at 13.85 run rates, which is the worst economy by Afghan spinners in a T20I.
Asked to bat first, Afghanistan could make 172 all-out, their highest against India in T20 format, with a half-century from Gulbadin Naib (57 off 35) and some cameos from Karim Janat (20 off 10) and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (21 off 9). Axar Patel once again proved his mettle by claiming 2 wickets for 17 runs in his 4 overs, while Arshdeep Singh took 3 for 32. Ravi Bishnoi also grabbed 2 wickets but was a bit expensive as he gave away 39 runs in his 4 overs. Axar was adjudged player of the player of the match for his match winning bowling performance.
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