Player of the Match
Player of the Match

10.47pm Right then, that's the game done and dusted. Afghanistan are left to answer the same questions as they had after the first game, while India will feel good having won five T20Is in a row, after a stumble on their travels to the United Kingdom. With the Asian Games coming up, they would have wanted momentum and confidence, and that's exactly what they have achieved across the first two T20Is here. That's all from us tonight. On behalf of Rashad, Thilak and Vairavan, it's Abhimanyu signing off. Goodnight.

10.40pm Time for the presentation ceremony.

Shreyas Iyer: "Looking at the last match and coming into this one, we were demanding a comprehensive win and today was a good one. The journey is always going to be a rollercoaster and you have to be in equilibrium as much as possible. The more you embrace the situation, the better it gets. [Changes in the third T20I] Definitely we want all of them to get used to the wicket and get some practice, so will be a good opportunity to give a chance to the guys sitting out."

Ibrahim Zadran: "We struggled a lot again. We didn't get what we wanted. As a group we thought about it how to improve, the approach. We didn't play well in the powerplay and they put pressure on us. Credit to their bowlers. We will look to improve in that. [Chat after the first game] We thought about how to improve the 150-160 score to 200-plus. We have to bring that intent to the team. We didn't apply that. If we want to beat biggest teams in international stage, we have to improve on that. But this is the second game we've got this year and didn't get many games. So with more games we will improve."

Nitish Kumar Reddy is the Player of the Match: "[Body] feels good. Right now I feel at a good level. We've done some great work at the COE and I feel good. I always wanted to be a great allrounder and for that I needed that extra pace, which I am getting. It's all about believing in yourself and it's a funny game. Anything can change at any moment."

Saketh: "So will this be counted as an away series win or a home seris win for India?" -- Technically, it should be an away series.

10.25pm Well, that was comprehensive again from India. The bowlers set it up once more, with Afghanistan's batters once again failing to fire, and India's top order once again killed off the chase before Afghanistan managed to find breakthroughs. Abhishek was good once again, but this time it was Samson who stole the limelight with the bat, exploding after a slow start to hit 57 off 22. Kishan and Tilak stayed unbeaten after that to complete the formalities.

14.5
4
Rashid Khan to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, Lofted over covers and India cruise to 2-0 in the series, which they have won. Tossed up outside off and Kishan just goes inside out to finish the job, with India winning with five overs and a ball to spare

Prakash: "Even optimistic sounds a bad word for that review. What was that?" -- Bizarre is what it was!

14.4
1
Rashid Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, Flighted full around off, Tilak flicks it to deep midwicket. Scores are level. Something has been reviewed, but I can't tell what! Oh, they are checking for lbw on the last ball. Did that hit the boot before Tilak flicked it? Well, that was a review utterly wasted. Ball was nowhere near his toes!
14.3
0
Rashid Khan to Tilak Varma, no run, Googly outside off spins away and it beats Tilak's outside edge as he plays down the wrong line

Jai: "@Amit, did you forget Jaiswal???"

14.2
1
Rashid Khan to Ishan Kishan, 1 run, Cuts this length ball hard to point and a misfield allows the single
14.1
1
Rashid Khan to Tilak Varma, 1 run, Clips this full ball to short fine leg and they scramble for a single

END OF OVER:
14 | 17 Runs | IND: 156/3 (4 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 11.14, RRR: 0.66)

  • Ishan Kishan33 (21b)
  • Tilak Varma13 (11b)
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman3-0-37-0
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi1-0-6-0
13.6
4
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, Mujeeb goes quicker and shorter and Kishan responds by cutting it behind point and finding the gap again. 4, 6, 4 and India are just one hit away from victory
13.5
6
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, SIX, And now he goes all the way! This is overpitched again, and Kishan launches it down the ground
13.4
4
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, A boundary after a while, or so it feels after the surplus of them provided by Samson and Abhishek. This is in the slot and Kishan gets down on a knee and sweeps it hard along the ground in front of square
13.3
1
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, 1 run, Flicks this length ball down to long-on
13.2
1
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, 1 run, Short-ish outside off, slapped down the ground to long-off
13.1
1
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, 1 run, On a length outside off, flicked in front of square on the leg side

END OF OVER:
13 | 6 Runs | IND: 139/3 (21 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 10.69, RRR: 3.00)

  • Ishan Kishan18 (17b)
  • Tilak Varma11 (9b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi1-0-6-0
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman2-0-20-0
12.6
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ishan Kishan, no run, Kishan is early into the shot on this back of length slower ball and ends up copping a blow on his ribs. Goes down in a heap
12.5
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, 1 run, On a length outside off, clipped to deep midwicket's right

Amit: "Looking at Ishan/Tilak/Vaibhav/Devdutt, India is blessed with great left handers for next decade in all format. Need some similarly gifted group of right handers."

12.5
1w
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, 1 wide, Bouncer angled across him, Tilak gets inside the line to hook but can't connect. Called wide
12.4
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, no run, On a length outside off, punched to cover
12.3
2
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, Length ball around middle, nudged through midwicket and they easily pick up two

Tony: "Bose on commentary while boss baby is watching " -- Now you're reaching

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st88SV SamsonAbhishek Sharma
2nd11SV SamsonIshan Kishan
3rd24SS IyerIshan Kishan
4th40Ishan KishanNT Tilak Varma