- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.1 taken at long-off. It's Rashid. It's a beauty. Samson has put a lot of power behind this shot. It would've been a flat six if not for Rashid moving smoothly to his left, leaping up, pushing his hands above his head and catching the ball like he knew he always would. Like there was never any doubt 164/39.5 and the 24-yarder has done the trick! Or has it? Because Abhishek has reviewed it after speaking with Samson. He was initially walking off. Rashid bowled this one from behind the stumps. It looked like a googly, outside off. Abhishek moved across to hit it through covers but got an outside - it's clear on the UltraEdge. He walks back for 108 off just 34 balls, to a standing ovation 142/111.1 direct hit and Tilak may be run out. Yep. Brilliant work from Rashid. Googly with turn and bounce. Tilak waits on it and then nudges it into midwicket. It's vacant. So he wants a single but there's a bit of hesitation between the two batters. Rashid doesn't care. He has already run off to get ther ball, grabs it with his right hand, spins his body around, takes aim at the bowler's and hits the target. Incredible athleticism. 152/219.4 direct hit and Iyer is gone. Ibrahim Zadran from cover, with only one and half stump to aim at. Farooqi contributed to it, hitting the block hole and limiting Iyer's shot options. He jams an open bat down on it and runs. He knows if Ibrahim hits, he's gone. He's hoping he doesn't hit. That hope is lost and he throws his had back, still outside his crease 218/715.3 it really is Rashid vs India. He's picked up an unbelievable catch. Running several yards to his left from long-on. Diving because the ball is threatening to still beat him. In the end, it doesn't. He reverse cups it over his head as he's sliding on the turf. He must be speaking magic to it too. This is proof. Dube had made pretty decent contact with this full ball on his legs. He'd even taken the care to try and split the two fielders in the deep. He just didn't count on Rashid being Rashid, 186/417.5 Kishan run-out looking for a run to the keeper. Gurbaz did well to actually stop Iyer's toe-ended slog from running past his right to the boundary. But he's also aware of what's happening around him, throwing his right glove away so that once he has the ball, he can take aim and throw down the stumps at the batter's end 205/518.3 he's come in for this game and he's been mighty impressive. The plan is always to go for the yorker. He's been clear on that. India haven't thrown him off by playing scoops and stuff. So he keeps going to that well and he's found a wicket. Even if he doesn't land this yorker quite as nicely. Nitish is able to get under the ball but his lofted shot only finds deep midwicket 206/6Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL221/7 (20 Overs, RR: 11.05)Fall of wickets: 1-142 (Abhishek Sharma, 9.5 ov), 2-152 (Tilak Varma, 11.1 ov), 3-164 (Sanju Samson, 13.1 ov), 4-186 (Shivam Dube, 15.3 ov), 5-205 (Ishan Kishan, 17.5 ov), 6-206 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 18.3 ov), 7-218 (Shreyas Iyer, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 0 39 0 9.75 7 3 2 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 3 0 27 2 9 7 2 2 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 45 0 11.25 6 2 4 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 1 0 29 0 29 0 1 4 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 43 1 10.75 10 3 4 0 0 Abdollah Ahmadzai 4 0 38 1 9.5 7 2 2 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 and he strikes first ball! A length ball angling towards the stumps. Gurbaz backs away and looks to sweep it away. He misses, Axar doesn't 31/15.2 full on the pads. Flicks it away but doesn't get the required distance. Kishan takes a comfortable catch at deep square leg. Afghanistan four down in the powerplay 47/43.6 full outside off. Atal goes for the slog sweep and gets a top edge. Abhishek runs in from deep midwicket and settles under it 33/24.5 yorked! The off stump is out of its grove, the middle stumps is pegged back and Rasooli walks back for a first-ball duck. It was right under the bat and think it took a part of it before dismantling the stumps 39/311.3 legcutter and its taken by the sweeper. Azmat is a good ball-striker. Afghanistan need big strikes. So he goes for it. The good length ball skews off the outside half of his bat and is held by Bishnoi well inside the boundary 82/78.5 full outside off. Bishnoi flat-bats it straight to long-off and Reddy makes no mistake. The debutant is finally dismissed for 11 off 15 balls 70/511.1 swings across the line and is knocked over. Hard length ball stays low and skids through under the inside edge of the bat and wrecks his stumps. Nabi walks off practicing hitting straighter 81/612.5 sweep shot to a straight ball. He knows he's running a risk. And it comes to pass. Bishnoi's legbreak just keeps drifting in. Maybe that's why Rashid though he could play the cross-bat shot. Because the initial line of the ball was outside off. Then all of a sudden it is pitching middle and hitting middle 89/911.5 knocked him over. Yorker that is too good for Mujeeb, who is a really tall dude and he doesn't get his bat down in time. Oh but that's because it got stuck in the top flap of the pad. Back-to-back three-wicket hauls for Nitish Reddy and with Afghanistan eight down, he might reap even more rewards 82/814.1 that's the game. Axar has had catches dropped off his bowling but he's not dropping anything himself. A skier comes at him at deep midwicket. He steadies himself and takes it comfortably. India win by 127 runs and take the series 3-0 94/10Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL94 all out (14.1 Overs, RR: 6.63)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 3.1 ov), 2-33 (Sediqullah Atal, 3.6 ov), 3-39 (Darwish Rasooli, 4.5 ov), 4-47 (Ibrahim Zadran, 5.2 ov), 5-70 (Noor ul Rahman, 8.5 ov), 6-81 (Mohammad Nabi, 11.1 ov), 7-82 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 11.3 ov), 8-82 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 11.5 ov), 9-89 (Rashid Khan, 12.5 ov), 10-94 (Abdollah Ahmadzai, 14.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB K Nitish Kumar Reddy 4 0 25 3 6.25 13 3 1 0 0 JJ Bumrah 2 0 16 1 8 6 3 0 1 0 Yash Thakur 2 0 17 1 8.5 7 4 0 0 0 AR Patel 3 0 9 2 3 12 1 0 0 0 Ravi Bishnoi 3.1 0 26 3 8.21 7 2 1 3 0
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
India won the 3-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
17 September 2026 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 100 runs, 0 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 3.3 overs (21 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (SV Samson 9, Abhishek Sharma 42, Ex 0)
- Abhishek Sharma: 50 off 16 balls (5 x 4, 5 x 6)
- India: 100 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 36 balls (SV Samson 24, Abhishek Sharma 76, Ex 0)
- Abhishek Sharma: 100 off 30 balls (9 x 4, 10 x 6)
- Drinks: India - 142/1 in 9.5 overs (SV Samson 34)
- Over 9.5: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahmed Shah Pakteen, Batter - Abhishek Sharma (Struck down)
- India: 150 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 0
- SV Samson: 50 off 34 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 15.2: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahmed Shah Pakteen, Batter - SS Iyer (Struck down)
- India: 200 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: India - 221/7 in 20.0 overs (AR Patel 5, Ravi Bishnoi 0)
- Over 19.6: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahmed Shah Pakteen, Batter - AR Patel (Struck down)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 4 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 78/5 in 10.0 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 16, Mohammad Nabi 6)
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