India vs Afghanistan LIVE Score, World Cup 2023: AFG 204/4; Shahidi, Nabi aim to take visitors to challenging total

17:19 (IST)

After 41 overs,Afghanistan 214/4 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 72 , Mohammad Nabi 10)

Kuldeep Yadav continues. Hashmatullah Shahidi seems to be down with cramps, and he is being treated by the physios. Shahidi looks set to continue. Three runs off the over. 

17:12 (IST)

After 40 overs,Afghanistan 211/4 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 70 , Mohammad Nabi 9)

Shardul Thakur continues. Apart from a boundary from Shahidi, there's some sloppy fielding from India. Nabi collects a couple of runs by chipping towards square leg. KL Rahul fails to collect the ball from the fielder at square leg, and that results in an oiverthrow, thereby Afghanistan collecting an extra run. Seven off the over. 

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FOUR! Angled in delivery from Shardul and Shahidi slots this one over midwicket for a four. Valuable runs for Afghanistan. 

17:03 (IST)

After 38 overs,Afghanistan 203/4 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 64 , Mohammad Nabi 7)

Shardul Thakur continues. Just two runs off the over from Thakur, with Shahidi and Nabi collecting a single each. Afghanistan will look to at least get to the 250-260 mark here. 

16:57 (IST)

After 37 overs,Afghanistan 201/4 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 63 , Mohammad Nabi 6)

Hardik continues. Mohammed Nabi is the new batter after Azmatullah's dismissal. Hardik starts off with a wide, down the leg side. A couple of extras in the over as seven runs come off it. 

16:50 (IST)

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OUT! Finally the breakthrough for India. Hardik Pandya breaks the 121-run stand as he removes Azmatullah for 62. It's the off-cutter from Hardik, Azmsatullah plays the incorrect line on this occassion as the ball beats the outside edge to crash onto the off-stump. Borthday boy Hardik strikes again. Azmatullah b Hardik Pandya 62

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FIFTY! Skipper Shahidi brings up his fifty as well. He slams behind point for a four to bring up the milestone. 

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FIFTY! Azmatullah Omarzai scores a fine half-century, reaching the milestone in 62 deliveries. He was promoted up the order for this match, and he has done a goiod job so far. 

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FOUR! Full delivery outside off frrom Bumrah and Shahidi opens the bat face to drive through point region. 

16:21 (IST)

After 30 overs,Afghanistan 147/3 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 35 , Azmatullah Omarzai 46)

Mohammed Siraj continues. It's not the best of overs from Siraj as he concedes a couple of boundaries. Afghanistan, though, will be happy with these boundaries as they aim for a strong finish to their innings. Time for players to take a drinks break. 

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FOUR! Azmatullah collects another boundary with a drive through mid-on. It's a full ball from Siraj, and the batter makes full use of it by whipping it over. 

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SIX! Afghanistan will take this. Boundaries must keep flowinjg for them to have any hope of posting a good total. A slower ball from Jadeja, and Azmatullah slog sweeps over long-on for a maximum. 

16:08 (IST)

After 27 overs,Afghanistan 121/3 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 27 , Azmatullah Omarzai 30)

Jasprit Bumrah returns to the attack. Azmatullah collects a couple of runs, pulling it in the gap right of midwicket as Shardul saves a boundary. Three runs off the over. 

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SIX! Tossed up ball from Kuldeep and Azmatullah lofts over long-on for a maximum. 

15:56 (IST)

After 24 overs,Afghanistan 100/3 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 24 , Azmatullah Omarzai 12)

Kuldeep Yadav resumes. Just a single off Azmatullah in the over. Jadeja continues from the other end in the next over. Six runs from Jadeja's over as Afghanistan bring up their 100. 

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FOUR! Hashmatullah Shahidi gets a top edge off the bat as he goes for the slog sweep, with the ball racing past the keeper for a boundary. This is Afghanistan first boundary in almost 10 overs. 

15:43 (IST)

After 20 overs,Afghanistan 83/3 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 14 , Azmatullah Omarzai 6)

Jadeja continues. Just one run, a single off Shahidi, in the over. India are keeping Afghanistan's run rate in check, and the visitors are unable to find boundaries. 

15:36 (IST)

After 18 overs,Afghanistan 79/3 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 11 , Azmatullah Omarzai 5)

Another change of bowling, and it's another spinner. Ravindra Jadeja is brought into the attack. The boundaries have dried up recently for Afghanistan, with their last boundary coming in the 13th over. There's no boundary in this one either. Just one run off the over. 

15:33 (IST)

After 17 overs,Afghanistan 78/3 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 10 , Azmatullah Omarzai

Change of bowling as spin is introduced. Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack. Just two singles off the over. Tidy start from Kuldeep. 

15:27 (IST)

After 15 overs,Afghanistan 70/3 ( Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) 5 , Azmatullah Omarzai 2)

Hardik Pandya continues. It's two ew batters for Afghanistan in the middle now, with skipper Shahidi and Omarzai. Four runs come off the over, including a brace from Shahidi. 

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OUT! Shardul Thakur strikes. After taking an excellent catch to dismiss Gurbaz just a few minutes back, Thakur is among the wickets now. Rahmat Shah is struck LBW and he goes for a review, but to no avail. Hawkeye shows the ball is crashing into the stumps. Rahmat lbw b Thakur 16

15:13 (IST)

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OUT! An excellent catch from Shardul Thakur dismisses Rahmanullah Gurbaz, off Hardik Pandya's delivery. Gurbaz played the pull towards deep fine leg. Thakur was standing just before the boundary rope as he caught the ball, flicks the ball into the air as Thakur steps into the boundary for a second, before coming out of it and catching the ball again. Gurbaz c Thakur b Hardik Pandya 21

15:04 (IST)

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FOUR! Another costly ball from Shardul Thakur. He unleashes another short one, and Gurbaz pulls this one towards the deep midwicket fence for a four. 

14:57 (IST)

After 11 overs,Afghanistan 51/1 ( Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W) 21 , Rahmat Shah 6)

There is another bowling change. Shardul Thakur, who has replaced Ashwin for this match in the playing XI, is introduced to the attack. Gurbaz collects a maximum off the fourth ball of Thakur's over, going big over wide long-on for six. Hardik continues from the other end in the next over.Just three runs from Hardik's over.  

14:52 (IST)

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SIX! Short ball from Shardul and he has to pay for it as Gurbaz nails the pull over long-on for a maximum. The first six of the match. 

14:48 (IST)

After 9 overs,Afghanistan 42/1 ( Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W) 14 , Rahmat Shah 4)

Hardik Pandya is into the attack for his first over as India make a change of bowling. In the second ball of the over, Gurbaz collects a boundary, punching through backward point for a four. Gurbaz also collects a single later in the over, as five runs come off it. 

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FOUR! Rahmat Shah, the new batter after Ibrahim's dismissal, collects his first boundary with a cover drive. 

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OUT! Breakthrough for India and it's none other than Jsasprit Bumrah who provides it. A short of length ball from Bumrah, Ibrahim looks to play the defence, but ends up getting an edge as KL Rahul takes a comfortable catch. Ibrahim Zadran c Rahul b Bumrah 22

14:29 (IST)

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FOUR! Siraj with a full ball on off stump, and Gurbaz drives through cover point for a boundary. He has timed this to perfection. 

14:27 (IST)

After 5 overs,Afghanistan 19/0 ( Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W) 1 , Ibrahim Zadran 17)

Bumrah continues. Another silent over from the pacer, with just one run coming off it.Ibrahim Zadran chipped towards square leg to collect a single. 

14:22 (IST)

After 4 overs,Afghanistan 18/0 ( Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W) 1 , Ibrahim Zadran 16)

Mohammed Siraj contines. Ibrahim Zadran collects a couple of fours in the over before an appeal for LBW against the opener. The decision is given not out, but India go for the review anyway. The review does not help India's case, however, as hawkeye suggests the ball was going down leg side. Not out it is. India lose a review. 

14:18 (IST)

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FOUR! Overpitched delivery from Siraj again, and this time Zadran plays the flick through midwicket towards the boundary ropes. 

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FOUR! First boundary of the match comes from Ibrahim Zadran. It's a pitched up delivery from Siraj and Zadran hits it through mid-off for a four. Hardik chases the ball to prevent the boundary, but fails in doing so. 

14:06 (IST)

After 1 overs,Afghanistan 1/0 ( Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W) 0 , Ibrahim Zadran 0)

Right. Time for LIVE action. Jasprit Bumrah opens the bowling attack for India. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are Afghanistan's openers. Gurbaz on strike. Bumrah begins with two dot balls before going wide down leg side in the third ball. An otherwise tidy over from Bumrah. 

13:52 (IST)

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Playing XIs 

India: Rohit Sharma(Captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi(Captain),Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

13:36 (IST)

IND vs AFG LIVE Updates 

Toss update: Afghanistan win the toss and captain Hashmatullah Shahidi says they will bat first against India. For India, Rohit Sharma confirms that Ravichandran Ashwin misses out, while Shardul Thakur replaces him. 

13:24 (IST)

IND vs AFG LIVE: PITCH REPORT

"I wish I would have played on this kind of pitch. It looks like a belter. 700 runs were scored on this pitch the last time. It looks like a great pitch again," Gautam Gambhir. 

13:21 (IST)

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We expect India to make one change, bringing in all-rounder Shardul Thakur for spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. 

India predicted playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Afghanistan predicted XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeen ur Rahman, Naveen Ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

13:11 (IST)

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Wasim Jaffer is expecting one change for India in the game against Afghanistan.

Shami in place of Ashwin is the only change I'm expecting in the Indian team today. #INDvAFG #CWC2023— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) October 11, 2023

13:08 (IST)

Virat Kohli is two tons away from Sachin Tendulkar's world record of 49 hundreds in ODIs. Ricky Ponting feels Kohli can match the record in World Cup 2023.

“I think he will. I think he’ll definitely get two hundreds, whether he gets the three is another thing. But the venues, the wickets and the grounds in India are just so conducive to scoring, making big runs. Who knows with him, it’s probably his last World Cup as well,” he said.

13:06 (IST)

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Did we forget to give you the World Cup head-to-head between India and Afghanistan? Actually, they have played against each other just once in ODI World Cups, in 2019. India won that match by 11 runs. Mohammed Shami took four wickets in that match. Virat Kohli with 67 was the top scorer. 

12:52 (IST)

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Will India play KL Rahul at No 4?

India batting coach Vikram Rathour has shot down any such suggestion despite Shreyas Iyer getting out on a duck against Australia in the World Cup opener.

“No, not at the moment. He’s doing so well at No. 5. Shreyas [Iyer] has done really well for us at No. 4, so absolutely no temptations,” he said.

12:49 (IST)

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Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi is hoping for Rashid Khan to "deliver" against India as they search for their first World Cup win.

“Rashid is the best bowler in ODI and T20s, so whatever the opposition is doing, we don’t care about that,” said Shahidi. “Like how they want to play Rashid, but for us the important thing is how he has planned against the opposition. So that matters for us.”

“He has the quality and whenever it’s his day, he can do anything against the opposition, so we are expecting and we are hopeful that he delivers in tomorrow’s game.”

12:43 (IST)

World Cup Points Table

New Zealand and Pakistan are currently at the top of the points table with 4 points each. Both sides have won 2 out of 2 games so far. Australia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and the Netherlands are four teams still to open their account. Full World Cup 2023 points table

12:28 (IST)

Shubman Gill Update

It has already been confirmed that Gill will not be playing for India vs Afghanistan and now it has come to light that the opener will be flying out to Ahmedabad from Chennai today as he continues to recover from the dengue fever. BCCI is hoping he gets fit in time for Pakistan match on 14 October but that looks unlikely. 

12:26 (IST)

India vs Afghanistan Squads

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Ikram Alikhil, Abdul Rahman, Riaz Hassan, Noor Ahmad

12:23 (IST)

IND VS AFG LIVE: Head-to-Head

India have played Afghanistan only thrice in ODIs with the last one being played at the 2019 World Cup. India lead the head-to-head race 2-0 with one match ending as a tie, but the last two matches were very close. For a detailed look at the three matches, click here

12:12 (IST)

IND vs AFG LIVE: All eyes on Virat Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq

The Virat Kohli-Naveen-ul-Haq spat made the headlines during the IPL 2023 when both players engaged in verbal and physical altercations during the LSG vs RCB game. After months, that rivalry could be rekindled as India take on Afghanistan and is sure to take the spotlight when the match begins. 

12:08 (IST)

We are ready for India's second ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Afghanistan which will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. India, after beating Australia, are looking to continue the winning momentum and the challenge for Afghans is to spring a surprise. As we continue our buildup to the match, stay tuned for the latest updates, toss news and scores...