Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill
126(177) 15x4 - 1x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 40 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
8 4 17 23 13 15 16 30
KL Rahul
KL Rahul
100(165) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 24 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
11 13 4 10 15 10 18 19

Best performances - Bowlers

MJ Suthar
O22
M10
R33
W6
Eco1.5
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
3W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Mohammad Saleem
Mohammad Saleem
O27
M3
R140
W6
Eco5.18
RHB
OFFLEG
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
1W

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India won the one-off match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30

Match days

6,7,8 June 2026 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Abhijato (@ob_jato)

4.05pm And with that, we are done! What a day of Test cricket, plenty of lessons learnt for Afghanistan. India's biggest ever win. You can read the report here. Manav Suthar a potential future star for Indian cricket. For now, from me and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo, bbye!

Shubman Gill: "Ticked all the boxes, very happy with that. It was very hot, if we get them before lunch, we will follow on... Otherwise we would have batted a couple more sessions. But quick wickets... On wickets like these, how to set the batsmen up? Keep testing them in different areas. It's pretty simple, when you are batting first position, post big total. Take upwards of 20 wickets. The batting group is under more pressure, we are trying to get experience, what game can work for us in different conditions."

Manav Suthar is Player of the Match! He says: "Unreal feeling, top of the world, my dream from the beginning was to play Test cricket for India. When I went to bat, I felt good, I settled slowly, played 2-4 balls, found out the wicket has something for spinners. Tried using line and length, and pace. At the start, I wanted to see how the wicket is playing. So, I backed the stock delivery. Needed pace, so I started subtle variations. Proud that I bowled with the new ball [in second innings]... Heat of the moment, I thought that wicket [first over] was completely out... Learned that I need to bowl on the same spot, consistently. Test cricket is a game of patience, so just bowl with patience."

Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan captain, speaks: "Congratulations to India team on the performance. Tough game for us. Our discipline with the bowling was not that good. They played well right from the start. The reality is we don't have that experience in the format. We learned a lot from this game. We don't get enough opportunities to play in this format. India tough team to play in these conditions. Hopefully, we learn to play under pressure, as things get tougher. [On positives] Especially Saleem, part of the team before this but he got injured in the middle of tours. Very happy for him. Batting also, Rahmat played well in the first innings. Sadiq was also good in the second innings. [Suthar] Bowled stump to stump, very disciplined in his bowling. If you look at pitch, it also changed session by session."

They're taking a bit of time with setting up the post-match presentation, if you're still around! Aha, now we start. Strap in folks.

3:04pm India's biggest win in Test cricket, thanks to the 14 wickets they picked up today to hasten the end of the game. If it was Suthar who ran riot in the first innings with a six-wicket haul, Washington and Kuldeep shares seven wickets between them in the second. More than the surface or the bowling, the shot selection of Afghanistan's batters will be talked about. They could take a cue from how Rahmat played in the first innings and Atal in the second till he lost patience.

Overall, a very good game for India, who came into the Test match on the back of a healthy dose of T20 cricket. Apart from Rahul and Gill's centuries, Sai Sudharsan's knock at No. 3 and Suthar's returns would please India given the away tours on the horizon. A good all-round game for Washington also bodes well for the challenges they are likely to face in Sri Lanka and then later in New Zealand.

Washington Sundar: "Felt really good, specially to play this format after a while. Just wanted to get a lot of volume. I was getting my rhythm right from ball one. I didn't really think about the pace. Just worked on getting my rhythm right. This morning as well, wanted to keep it coming, keep the lines and lengths consistent. The wicket had something in it. Towards the end I wanted to bowl a litle wide. Apart from that, wanted to be close to the stumps. If we bowled a little back of length, batters got a lot of time. So wanted to get that right. [On the use of reviews] Part and parcel. We go with our experience. Go with our gut. It is about using techology at the best. Felt good with bat and ball. Wanted to show discipline. Glad the way I approached the innings."

35.5
W
Kuldeep Yadav to Mohammad Saleem, OUT, All done, thanks for coming! Loopy full ball outside leg, 80.8kph. Saleem winds up to go big over the on side but only gets a leading edge high in the air. Sai Sudharsan settles under it at covers to pouch it safely. A massive win for India - by an innings and 300 runs

Mohammad Saleem c Sai Sudharsan b Kuldeep Yadav 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Mohammad Saleem strides out. Which means Ashraf is unlikely to bat

35.4
W
Kuldeep Yadav to Nangeyalia Kharote, OUT, Soft dismissal, an easy catch to Suthar at point. Shortish and outside off, spinning away. Kharote goes back to cut but lobs it straight to the fielder behind point

Nangeyalia Kharote c Suthar b Kuldeep Yadav 6 (16m 11b 0x4 1x6) SR: 54.54

35.3
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Nangeyalia Kharote, no run, A very, very sharp catch and Jaiswal appeals. Oh, the umpire has given it, too. Is it a bump ball, though? Tossed up ball outside off, it is the googly at a very full length. Kharote looks to reverse sweep it and it goes straight to Jaiswal at second slip. Yes, it is a bump ball
35.2
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Nangeyalia Kharote, no run, Fuller around off, he goes for the sweep but misses and is hit on the front pad that is well outside off
35.1
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Nangeyalia Kharote, no run, Tossed up full outside off, he goes for the drive but it leaps up

Hello again people. I did not expect the Test to finish today, but hey, here we are. Kuldeep continues

END OF OVER:
35 | (maiden) | AFG: 112/7

  • Ziaur Rahman0 (11b)
  • Nangeyalia Kharote6 (7b)
  • Washington Sundar11-4-36-4
  • Kuldeep Yadav7-1-30-1

And now, Suds is here to take this game to its (potential) end here. Say hello!

34.6
0
Washington Sundar to Ziaur Rahman, no run, Zia finally goes for a big swipe...Lobbed out to long-off without much timing

Afghanistan 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st42Abdul Malik (1)Sediqullah Atal
2nd32Rahmanullah GurbazSediqullah Atal
3rd13Rahmat ShahSediqullah Atal
4th6Hashmatullah ShahidiSediqullah Atal
5th5Afsar ZazaiSediqullah Atal
6th8Afsar ZazaiAzmatullah Omarzai
7th0Azmatullah OmarzaiNangeyalia Kharote
8th6Ziaur RahmanNangeyalia Kharote
9th0Ziaur RahmanMohammad Saleem