India defeated Afghanistan by 23 runs in their opening match of the World Twenty20 championships at the R. Premedasa Stadium here Wednesday.
Chasing 160, Afghanistan were bundled out for 136 with three balls to spare.
Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 match between India and Afghanistan at the R.Premedasa Stadium here Wednesday.
India:
Gautam Gambhir b Shapoor Zadran 10
Virender Sehwag c Mohammad Shahzad b Shapoor Zadran 8
Virat Kohli c Mohammad Nabi b Dawlat Zadran 50
Yuvraj Singh c Shapoor Zadran b Karim Sadiq 18
Suresh Raina b Mohammad Nabi 38
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 18
Rohit Sharma not out 1
Extras (lb 2, w 14) 16
Total (for five wickets in 20 overs) 159
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Gambhir, 2.1 overs), 2-22 (Sehwag, 4.1), 3-68 (Yuvraj Singh, 10.1), 4-114 (Kohli, 15.4), 5-148 (Raina, 19.2)
Bowling:
Shapoor Zadran 4-0-33-2
Dawlat Zadran 4-0-25-1
Gulbodin Naib 2-0-15-0
Karim Sadiq 4-0-33-1
Mohammad Nabi 4-0-35-1
Samiullah Shenwari 2-0-16-0
Afghanistan:
Mohammad Shahzad c Yuvraj b Balaji 18
Nawroz Mangal lbw Yuvraj 22
Karim Sadiq c Gambhir b Yuvraj 26
Asghar Stanikzai c Dhoni b Yuvraj 6
Mohammad Nabi c Sharma b Ashwin 31
Samiullah Shenwari c & b Ashwin 1
Shafiqullah lbw Pathan 8
Gulbodin Naib c Raina b Pathan 8
Najibullah Zadran run out (Dhoni/Balaji) 5
Dawlat Zadran b Balaji 8
Shapoor Zadran not out 0
Extras (lb 2, w 3, nb 1) 6
Total (all out in 19.3 overs)
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Mohammad Shahzad, 3.5 overs), 2-52 (Nawroz Mangal, 7.1), 3-75 (Karim Sadiq, 11.2), 4-75 (Asghar Stanikzai, 11.3), 5-76 (Samiullah Shenwari, 12.1), A6-100 (Shafiqullah, 14.6), 7-119 (Mohammad Nabi, 16.5), 8-125 (Najibullah Zadran, 17.4), 9-136 (Gulbodin Naib, 19.2)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 3-0-32-0
Irfan Pathan 4-0-29-1
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3.3-0-19-3
Rohit Sharma 1-0-10-0
Yuvraj Singh 4-0-24-3
Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-20-2
Toss: Afghanistan, who chose to field
Result: India won by 23 runs
Player of the Match: Virat Kohli (India)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle
–IANs