IND VS AFG - 1st T20I, Afghanistan tour of India, 2024

India take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. That's it from this game. The action will shift to central India. Tune in on Sunday for the second T20I at Indore. Until then, it's goodbye.

Shivam Dube | Player of the Match: It was really cold. I enjoyed playing on this ground. Playing after a long time and batting at number four, there was some pressure one me. I had one thing in my mind that I have to play my game. First 2-3 balls, I feel a bit of pressure, after that I just focus on the ball and I don't think much on what's going on. In T20s, I know what I bat, and I know I can hit big sixes, so I can generate runs any time. Bowling, today I got the opportunity and I executed what I needed.

Rohit Sharma: It was extremely cold. Now I am okay. When the ball hits the tip of the finger, it was sore. In the end, it was good. Lot of positives, we got a lot from this game, especially with the ball. Wasn't the easiest of conditions. Our spinners bowled really well and the seamers also did the job as well. These things happen (on the run-out). When it happens you feel frustrated, you want to be out there and score runs for the team. Everything will not go your way. We won the game, that's more important. I wanted Gill to carry on, unfortunately got out after playing a very good little innings. Lot of positives. Shivam Dube, the way Jitesh batted, Tilak as well and then Rinku is in good form as well. We want to keep trying different things - try and bowl our bowlers in different situations of the game, like you saw today, Washi bowled the 19th over. We want to challenge ourselves in the areas we are slightly uncomfortable with and the bowlers are not used to that. We want to try and do that. Keeping all of those things in mind, we'll try and do whatever is possible but not at the cost of the game. We want to make sure that we come out on top and play the game well. All in all, today was a good day for us.

Ibrahim Zadran: We were short by 30-40 runs. Unfortunately we lost the toss but the boys fought till the end. We were trying to have a good start in the powerplay. We lost wickets, one of us had to bat till the 14-15th over and that put under a bit of pressure. In the second innings, there was dew. Gripping was hard for the bowlers. We have to improve our fielding, we were a bit lazy. We'll try to improve our batting as well. In bowling, there's no issue.

Rinku Singh - I have got a habit of batting at 6 and finishing games, I'm feeling very happy with this job. Enjoyed the cold conditions, it was tough while fielding though. I just try to talk to myself, batting at 6, I don't have the chance to face too many balls or score too many runs, that's the thing I keep telling myself. I've spoken with Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni), he just told me to react according to the ball, keep your calm and I just do the same thing. I don't think a lot while batting, just react to the ball.

India chasing targets 160 or below in home T20Is
Instances 17
Matches won 16*
Matches lost 1 (vs NZ, Nagpur, 2016)

22:07 Local Time, 16:37 GMT, 22:07 IST: A comfortable win for India. They restricted Afghanistan to 158 on a good batting deck, thanks to some disciplined bowling for most part of the innings. If not for the half-century partnership between Omarzai and Nabi, Afghanistan wouldn't have crossed 150. In reply, India lost Rohit Sharma for a duck in the very first over as his opening partner was ball-watching. Gill struck five boundaries but his cameo was ended by Mujeeb. After scoring just 36 runs off the powerplay, India upped the ante. Tilak Varma became the second Indian batter to get dismissed in the 20s. Jitesh Sharma and Shivam Dube forged a 45-run stand for the fourth wicket and the duo ensured that India were all ahead in the chase. While the wicketkeeper-batsman fell playing a big shot, Dube notched up a fifty, got involved in three 40+ partnerships and remained unbeaten till the end to hit the winning runs. Stick around for the presentations...

Naveen-ul-Haq to Shivam Dube, FOUR, bouncer, Shivam Dube swivels and pulls to fine leg for a one-bounce four. India win by 6 wickets

Naveen-ul-Haq to Shivam Dube, SIX, 135.2kph, Naveen-ul-Haq goes full and bowls it Shivam Dube's arc. The batter gets under it and bludgeons it down the ground. Powerful strike for a 98m six

Naveen-ul-Haq to Rinku Singh, 1 run, short ball, Rinku gets inside the line to pull it to long leg

Azmatullah to Rinku Singh, 1 run, pitched up, Rinku Singh drives and extra cover half-stops with a dive to his left

Azmatullah to Shivam Dube, 1 run, 38-ball fifty for Shivam Dube, his second in T20Is. Full delivery on the pads and the left-hander flicks it away to deep backward square leg

Azmatullah to Shivam Dube, no run, full and slanted across the left-hander, Dube drives away from his body and is beaten on the outside edge. Well, UltraEdge shows a spike. So there was an outside edge. No appeal from Afghanistan at all. They didn't hear it

Azmatullah to Rinku Singh, 1 run, driven to sweeper cover

Azmatullah to Rinku Singh, FOUR, 136.4kph, smart batting! Away-angler, Rinku Singh waits and opens the bat-face late to expertly dab it between backward point and short third man

Azmatullah to Shivam Dube, 1 run, 131.6kph, punch-driven by long-off

Azmatullah Omarzai [3.0-0-25-1] is back into the attack

Naveen-ul-Haq to Shivam Dube, 1 run, full on the pads, flicked to deep backward square leg

Naveen-ul-Haq to Rinku Singh, 1 run, length ball on middle and leg, tucked through midwicket

Naveen-ul-Haq to Shivam Dube, 1 run, shapes up to heave and inside-halves to deep midwicket