India vs Afghanistan: India has made a strong hold in the only Test against Afghanistan at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium. By the end of the first day, Team India has scored 368 runs after losing 3 wickets. Only 85 overs could be played on the first day.
The Indian team, who came to bat after winning the toss in Mullanpur, got its first blow in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the score of 41 on the last ball of the 12th over. Jaiswal was out after scoring 24 runs in 32 balls with 5 fours.
Important partnership between Sai Sudarshan and KL Rahul
After this, Sai Sudarshan along with KL Rahul added 139 runs for the second wicket and took the Indian team to the score of 180. Sudarshan added 81 runs to the team’s account with 13 fours in 104 balls.
Captain Gill’s century, Pant’s strong support
From here, captain Shubman Gill came out to bat, who along with KL Rahul scored 67 runs for the third wicket and took the score to 247 runs. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant came to bat at number five and completed his half-century before the end of the day. By the end of the first day, there was an unbroken partnership of 121 runs in 148 balls for the fourth wicket between Gill and Pant. Gill is unbeaten on 103 runs in 143 balls with 1 six and 11 fours, while Pant has scored 50 runs in 70 balls with 3 sixes and 2 fours.
Playing eleven of both the teams
In this match, Team India has entered with KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicket keeper), Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.
Whereas, under the captaincy of Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan has entered this match with Sadiqullah Atal, Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Afsar Zazai (wicketkeeper), Azmatullah Umarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangeyalia Kharote, Ziaur Rehman Sharifi and Mohammad Salim Safi.
