Playing the second T20 against India, Afghanistan almost created the first upset of the tournament but the Indian spinners let normalcy prevail and won the close match for India by 23 runs. Afghani batsmen did raise a scare, specially Nabi with his powerful hitting but Ashwin, Yuvraj and Balaji prevented any big partnership.
2012 T20 WC Schedule and Results
Match Facts
- India registered 2nd T20 win in as many matches against Afghanistan.
India won its 20th T20 match.
Dhoni is the only captain to lead his side in 4 T20 World Cups.
Afghanistan now has 6 wins and 6 losses in T20.
Virat Kohli was the MOM.
India bowled out a team for the third time in T20 World Cup. Earlier New Zealand (190 in 2007) and Pakistan (152 in 2007) were bowled out.
India innings (20 overs maximum)
- Gambhir b Shapoor Zadran 10 runs 8 balls 1 four
Sehwag c Mohammad Shahzad b Shapoor Zadran 8 runs 10 balls 1 four
Kohli c Mohammad Nabi b Dawlat Zadran 50 runs 39 balls 4 4s 2 6s
Yuvraj Singh c Shapoor Zadran b Karim Sadiq 18 runs 20 balls 1 six
Raina b Mohammad Nabi 38 runs 33 balls 6 4s
Dhoni not out 18 runs 9 balls 2 4s 1 six
Rohit Sharma not out 1 run 1 ball
Extras (lb 2, w 14) 16
Total (20 overs) 159/5
Fall of wickets
- 1-15 (Gambhir, 2.1 ov), 2-22 (Sehwag, 4.1 ov), 3-68 (Yuvraj Singh, 10.1 ov), 4-114 (Kohli, 15.4 ov), 5-148 (Raina, 19.2 ov)
Bowling
- Shapoor Zadran 4 ov 33/2
Dawlat Zadran 4 ov 25/1
Gulbodin Naib 2 ov 15/0
Karim Sadiq 4 ov 33/1
Mohammad Nabi 4 ov 35/1
Samiullah Shenwari 2 ov 16/0
Afghanistan innings (target: 160 runs from 20 overs)
- Mohammad Shahzad c Yuvraj Singh b Balaji 18 runs 16 balls 3 4s
Nawroz Mangal lbw b Yuvraj Singh 22 runs 18 balls 1 four 1 six Karim Sadiq c Gambhir b Yuvraj Singh 26 runs 26 balls 3 4s
Asghar Stanikzai c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 6 runs 9 balls
Mohammad Nabi c Sharma b Ashwin 31 runs 17 balls 2 4s 2 6s
Samiullah Shenwari c & b Ashwin 1 run 2 balls
Shafiqullah lbw b Pathan 8 runs 9 balls 1 six
Gulbodin Naib c Raina b Balaji 5 runs 14 balls
Najibullah Zadran run out 5 runs 2 balls 1 four
Dawlat Zadran b Balaji 8 runs 5 balls 2 4s
Shapoor Zadran not out 0
Extras (lb 2, w 3, nb 1) 6
Total (19.3 overs) 136
Fall of wickets
- 1-26 (Mohammad Shahzad, 3.5 ov), 2-52 (Nawroz Mangal, 7.1 ov), 3-75 (Karim Sadiq, 11.2 ov), 4-75 (Asghar Stanikzai, 11.3 ov), 5-76 (Samiullah Shenwari, 12.1 ov), 6-100 (Shafiqullah, 14.6 ov), 7-119 (Mohammad Nabi, 16.5 ov), 8-125 (Najibullah Zadran, 17.4 ov), 9-136 (Gulbodin Naib, 19.2 ov), 10-136 (Dawlat Zadran, 19.3 ov)
Bowling
- Zaheer Khan 3 ov 32/0
Pathan 4 ov 29/1
Balaji 3.3 ov 19/3
Rohit Sharma 1 ov 10/0
Yuvraj Singh 4 ov 24/3
Ashwin 4 ov 20/2
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