India vs Afghanistan LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: IND 62/2; Kohli departs for 29 as Naveen snaps 2nd-wicket stand

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After 6 overs,India 69/2 ( Yashasvi Jaiswal 39 , Shivam Dube 1)

SIX! Short outside off from Naveen, and Jaiswal stays on the backfoot and goes for a lofted shot that clears long off by a fair distance! 11 runs and a wicket from the sixth over, as India reach 69/2 at the end of the powerplay.

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OUT! Mishit by Kohli after all the wonderful shots that he had produced all evening, and he hits the ball straight to Afghan skipper Ibrahim Zadran stationed at mid off, departing for 29 in the final over of the powerplay. And it's Naveen, with whom he's had quite the rivalry in recent months, who gets the prized wicket. Kohli was starting to look dangerous in his first T20I innings in more than a year, but couldn't quite convert it into a bigger score. IND 62/2

Kohli c Ibrahim b Naveen 29(16)

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FOUR! Fifth boundary for Kohli as he picks a slower ball from Naveen and guides it towards the wide long on fence to move to 29! IND 62/1

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After 5 overs,India 58/1 ( Yashasvi Jaiswal 33 , Virat Kohli 25)

FOUR! FOUR! FOUR! A hat-trick of boundaries for Jaiswal off Mujeeb brings up the fifty partnership with Kohli for the second wicket! The southpaw, who’s battting in the 30s now, punches a short-of-length ball from the off-spinner over mid off, playing a similar shot in the final delivery of the over. Between the two hits down the ground, he produces a firm cut through the cover region off a short and wide delivery. 19 off Mujeeb’s second over.

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FOUR! Full and wide from Mujeeb, and Kohli drives this through the cover region to collect his fourth boundary of the evening. IND 43/1

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After 4 overs,India 39/1 ( Yashasvi Jaiswal 21 , Virat Kohli 18)

FOUR! It’s THAT shot off Virat Kohli’s bat again! Short of length delivery from Naveen-ul-Haq, who’s into his first over, and Kohli stays on the backfoot and lofts this down the ground with a straight bat, bringing back memories of his famous six off Haris Rauf in the 2022 T20 World Cup, in which he had made his last T20I appearance before this game. Except this time, the ball doesn’t quite sail over the fence, but lands just short of the boundary rope for a four. Seven off Naveen’s first over of the evening. india in a much better position now after four overs.

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After 3 overs,India 32/1 ( Yashasvi Jaiswal 20 , Virat Kohli 12)

SIX! Make that two maximums for Jaiswal in a space of four deliveries for Jaiswal, who decides to pull a short delivery from Farooqi over the deep midwicket fence for what should be the biggest hit of the evening! Jaiswal and Kohli collect a single each, with 14 coming off Farooqi’s second over. What’s more, Jaiswal was dropped on 13 in the third delivery b Farooqi, who failed to collect a catch off his own bowling in the follow-up.

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SIX! First maximum of the chase, with Jaiswal lofting a back-of-length ball from Farooqi over long on! IND 24/1

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After 2 overs,India 18/1 ( Yashasvi Jaiswal 7 , Virat Kohli 11)

FOUR! Second boundary for Kohli off Mujeeb in a space of four deliveries, this time getting down on one knee and going for a slog towards the midwicket fence off the off-spinner. 13 off Mujeeb’s first over.

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FOUR! Virat Kohli's off the mark in style, going for an inside-out lofted drive over extra cover off Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who's introduced in the second over of the powerplay. IND 9/1

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After 1 over,India 5/1 ( Yashasvi Jaiswal 5 , Virat Kohli 0)

BOWLED! Rohit Sharma bowled for a second consecutive duck, and this time his opening partner has nothing to do with it! Pin-drop silence at the Holkar Stadium as Rohit ends up missing the ball completely while looking to get off the mark with a boundary, and ends up hearing the death rattle behind him.

Rohit b Farooqi 0(1)

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FOUR! Full and wide from Farooqi, and Jaiswal slices this behind point while looking for a square drive! India begin their chase with a boundary! IND 4/0

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Yashasvi Jaiswal walks out to open the Indian innings alongside Rohit Sharma, who will be hoping to get off to a better start today than he did in Mohali. Fazalhaq Farooqi to bowl the first over as usual.

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OUT! The innings ends with back-to-back run-outs with four wickets falling in the final over as Afghanistan are bowled out for 172 after being invited to bat by the Indians. Naveen sets off for a single and calls for a second run. Fazalhaq Farooqi’s late to respond to the call for the second run and gets into a race with Yashasvi Jaiswal to the non-striker’s end, the latter winning this race and smashing the stumps in time to run the Afghan No 11 out.

Farooqi run out (Jaiswal 0(0)

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OUT! It’s a wide from Arshdeep after the left-arm pacer fires a short delivery well outside off. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, however, decided to sprint towards the striker’s end thinking it’s the last delivery, with Naveen-ul-Haq staying put at his crease. And like Rohit and Gill in the previous game, we have two batters stranded at the same end, albeit in the opposite direction. AFG 171/9

Mujeeb run out (Jitesh/Arshdeep 21(9)

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OUT! Second strike for Arshdeep in the final over of the innings, and his third of the evening, as Noor Ahmad ends up getting caught by Virat Kohli at wide long on while looking to dig out a yorker from Arshdeep and smash it for a maximum down the ground. Like Karim, he gets plenty of height but not as much distance. AFG 170/8

Noor c Kohli b Arshdeep 1(2)

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FOUR! Valuable runs these for the Afghans! Low full toss outside off and Mujeeb has little problem driving this past extra cover! AFG 169/7

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OUT! Arshdeep’s quite handy at this stage of the innings! Gets rid of Karim with a full, wide delivery that the batter looks to smash out of the park with an inside out hit, but ends up getting more elevation than distance. Easy enough catch for Axar near long off. AFG 164/7

Janat c Axar b Arshdeep 20(10)

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After 19 overs,Afghanistan 164/6 ( Karim Janat 20 , Mujeeb Ur Rahman 16)

20 runs conceded by Shivam Dube in the penultimate over of the innings and boy has he been smashed for runs today. Then again, it’s the Holkar Stadium that we’re talking about, and the small boundaries don’t exactly help the bowlers. Karim and Mujeeb collect a six each with the former also collecting a boundary, as the Afghans not only go past the 150-mark, they also cross their previous highest total against the Men in Blue.

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After 18 overs,Afghanistan 145/6 ( Karim Janat 7 , Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10)

FOUR! Arshdeep’s not happy at all! Mujeeb gets a thick outside edge, and not only does Dube fail to grab the chance at short third, but the ball goes all the way to the fence for a four. Afghanistan are a hit away from the 150-mark with two overs left in their innings. 10 off Arshdeep's third over. Bishnoi, meanwhile, had gone for 17 in the previous over.

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SIX! Banged in short by Arshdeep, and Mujeeb hooks it over the long leg fence, with the ball sailing over the fielder stationed in that direction. AFG 140/6

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BOWLED! Arshdeep snuffs out the wicket of Najibullah before he can cause any further damage, foxing him with a slower delivery. Najib attempts to swing his bat across the line, but can only get an inside edge onto the stumps. AFG 134/6

Najibullah b Arshdeep 23(21)

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SIX! Massive over this for the Afghans, with Bishnoi conceding 16 in a space of four deliveries to Najibullah, who cleared his front leg and clobbered the full delivery from Bishnoi over the midwicket fence. AFG 133/5

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SIX! FOUR! Smashed across the line by Najibullah after Bishnoi fires a googly at full length, and the ball lands in the stands beyond cow corner. Najib follows it up with thick edge off a wide delivery that sends the ball scurrying towards the fence behind square on the off side. AFG 127/5

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After 16 overs,Afghanistan 117/5 ( Najibullah Zadran 6 , Karim Janat 7)

FOUR! First boundary for Karim Janat as he guides a ball that’s drifting into his pads towards the fine leg fence. 14 off the last two overs as Afghanistan reach 117/5 at the end of the 16th over. With both Naib and Nabi gone, they might struggle to get to 160 from here.

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OUT! Nabi was starting to get frustrated by the slow progress of his innings, and decided to go big downtown off Ravi Bishnoi’s bowling after the wrist spinner decided to float one up outside off. Except he hardly got any timing on the shot even if the ball went high up in the air, resulting in Rinku Singh collecting the catch at the edge of the boundary rope. An indifferent knock from Nabi today after his heroics in Mohali. AFG 104/5

Nabi c Rinku b Bishnoi 14(18)

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After 14 overs,Afghanistan 103/4 ( Mohammad Nabi 14 , Najibullah Zadran 3)

All-rounder Mohammad Nabi collects his first boundary of the evening with an aerial drive off Sundar. Arshdeep Singh, meanwhile, returns in the following over and concedes five, including a brace to Nabi in the final delivery. The Afghans finally cross 100, but take 14 overs to do so.

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FOUR! The ball rears up higher than expected after Sundar bowls this slightly short outside off. Nabi adjusts to it and goes for an aerial drive over extra cover, with the ball beating the diving Bishnoi to go past the boundary rope. AFG 98/4

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After 12 overs,Afghanistan 92/4 ( Mohammad Nabi 6 , Najibullah Zadran 0)

Another outstanding spell from Axar, who signs off with figures of 2/17 from four overs, conceding just two runs in his final over for the crucial wicket of Gulbadin Naib. Afghanistan have eight overs left in their innings and still are eight short of the century mark. They’ll need Nabi to once again get them to a competitive score with some fiery hitting in the backend of the innings from here.

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OUT! Axar gets the big fish as Naib perishes after holing out to Rohit at short midwicket! Bowls it on good length that invites a pull through the midwicket, a shot that Naib had used to good effect all evening. Except the subtle change in pace does him in and he ends up hitting this straight to Rohit, who's placed himself at catching midwicket. AFG 91/4

Naib c Rohit b Axar 57(35)

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SIX! Washington Sundar concedes a maximum in his second delivery of the evening as Naib gets on the backfoot and pulls what is a slightly short delivery from the off-spinner into the stands beyond deep midwicket. AFG 87/3

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After 10 overs,Afghanistan 81/3 ( Gulbadin Naib 50 , Mohammad Nabi 4)

Fifty up for Gulbadin Naib in 28 deliveries, the all-rounder collecting five fours and three sixes in what has been an outstanding innings from him so far! Thanks to the fireworks from his bat, Afghanistan reach 81/3 at the halfway stage and are in contention for a winning total.

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SIX! Dube’s guilty of firing a full toss and the kind of form Naib’s in at the moment, tonking it over long on for a second maximum in the 10th over is but child’s play for him. AFG 77/3

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SIX! Slower delivery from Dube but bowled slightly short of length. Naib waits for the ball to climb before pulling it into the stands beyond deep midwicket/cow corner. AFG 69/3

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After 8 overs,Afghanistan 63/3 ( Gulbadin Naib 35 , Mohammad Nabi 1)

Mohammad Nabi, who had top-scored for the Afghans in Mohali with a knock of 42, joins the well-set Naib at the centre and this could be the partnership to watch out. Naib, meawhile, nearly was run-out first ball after the powerplay after taking quite a few steps forward from the non-striker’s end, only to be sent back by Omerzai. Bishnoi had a shy at the non-striker’s end, and would have given the batter the marching orders had he hit.

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BOWLED! And now it’s seam-bowling all-rounder Shivam Dube’s turn to get a wicket in his first over of the day! Bowls a slower delivery that stays a touch low. Azmatullah Omerzai swings his bat, hoping to smash the ball towards the midwicket, fence, only to hear the death rattle behind him. AFG 60/3

Omerzai b Dube 2(5)

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After 6 overs,Afghanistan 58/2 ( Gulbadin Naib 32 , Azmatullah Omarzai 1)

FOUR! A boundary off the final delivery of the powerplay, with Nabi going for an aerial flick over the midwicket region that results in the ball rolling away to the boundary rope. Naib moves to 32 off just 16 deliveries and his presence at the centre might just be crucial to Afghanistan posting a 200-plus total tonight.

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BOWLED! Another spinner strikes in his first over of the evening, with Axar Patel getting rid of Afghan skipper Ibrahim Zadran in the final over of the powerplay. Zadran attempted a drive through the covers, but Axar got enough turn to beat his outside edge, with the ball crashing onto the off pole. AFG 53/2

Zadran b Axar 8(10)

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After 5 overs,Afghanistan 50/1 ( Ibrahim Zadran (C) 7 , Gulbadin Naib 26)

SIX! FOUR! FOUR! What a start this has been so far from all-rounder Naib, a floater of sorts who has batted at various positions in the past including at one-down. Bishnoi gets smashed for a maximum at the start of his second over, with Naib getting on the backfoot and pulling the flatter delivery over the midwicket fence. Naib then smashes the wrist spinner for consecutive fours, both hit over the extra cover region. 18 off the over, with the 50 coming up for the Afghans in just 5 overs.

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After 4 overs,Afghanistan 32/1 ( Ibrahim Zadran (C) 6 , Gulbadin Naib 10)

FOUR! FOUR! Gulbadin Naib’s off to a flying start at No 3 with back-to-back fours off pacer Mukesh Kumar, who continues from the other end even as Bishnoi replaces Arshdeep. Naib pulls a slightly short ball in the second delivery towards the midwicket fence before driving a low full toss through the covers. 10 off Mukesh’s second over.

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After 3 overs,Afghanistan 22/1 ( Ibrahim Zadran (C) 5 , Gulbadin Naib 1)

After missing out on the breakthrough in Mukesh’s over, it is Ravi Bishnoi who snaps the opening stand before it can cause any further damage by getting rid of Gurbaz in his second delivery of the evening. Just two runs and a wicket from his first over of the day.

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OUT! Ravi Bishnoi strikes in his very first over of the evening as Rahmanullah Gurbaz perishes after getting off to a promising start, holing out to the man at mid on. AFG 20/1

Gurbaz c Dube b Bishnoi 14(9)

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After 2 overs,Afghanistan 20/0 ( Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W) 14 , Ibrahim Zadran (C) 4)

FOUR! Gurbaz makes room and carves a short-of-length delivery from Mukesh through the covers to collect his second boundary of the innings! Mukesh, meanwhile, nearly had Zadran’s wicket in the third delivery after the over, angling one into the pad that struck the Afghan skipper high on the back pad. Indian counterpart Rohit decides to go for the review after the umpire turns it down, and impact is ‘Umpire’s Call’ even as the ball is pitching in line and is hitting the off stump. Zadran survives for now. 11 off Mukesh’s first over.

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SIX! Gurbaz welcomes Mukesh into the attack with a flat hit down the ground! This was in the slot, and the wicketkeeper-batter responded with the cleanest of hits down the ground! AFG 15/0

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After 1 over,Afghanistan 9/0 ( Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W) 7 , Ibrahim Zadran (C) 0)

Arshdeep is off to a wayward start with the ball, bowling a wide down either side of the wicket before getting hit for a boundary by Gurbaz in the first legal delivery of the day. KKR keeper-batter Gurbaz then attempts to go big down the ground but ends up mishitting the ball, although the ball lands safely near the straight boundary allowing the batter a double. Gurbaz then sets off for a single in the penultimate delivery. Nine off the first over.

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FOUR! First runs off the bat after Arshdeep starts off with back-to-back wides, as Rahmanullah Gurbaz clips a full delivery angling back in through the midwicket region. The outfield is a quick one and the ball races away to the boundary rope. AFG 6/0

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Rahmanullah Gurbaz and skipper Ibrahim Zadran make their way out to the centre to commence the Afghanistan innings. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh will bowl the first over of the evening.

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Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Ibrahim Zadran(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

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Rohit Sharma, India captain: No particular reason. It’s just that the nature of the ground, quite a chasing ground. A lot of things. We played well. We’re able to come out here and execute them. We asked certain players to perform certain roles and it was pleasing to see them do that. They’re quite fearless in their own style. It’s our duty to encourage them. Kohli and Jaiswal back for Gill and Tilak.

Ibrahim Zadran, Afghanistan captain: We will try to bat well today, try to put a big score on the board. The boundary is quite short and we wanted to bowl first as well. We had a net session yesterday and thought about our mistakes. We’ll try to play positive cricket. We need to improve a little in the batting department. We will try to get a good start today. Extra spinner in our lineup today, we are going with Noor Ahmad in place of Rahmat Shah.

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India win the toss and skipper Rohit Sharma opts to field!