15 September,2026 08:21 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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In the second T20I match against Team India, Afghanistan has reached the score of 67 runs for the loss of three wickets in 10 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
Having been put to bat first, Afghanistan's wicketkeeper-batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz departed on a three-ball duck. Captain Ibrahim Zadran returned to the pavilion after scoring 37 runs off 33 deliveries, including six boundaries. Sediqullah Atal was also dismissed on 12 runs in 15 balls, including two boundaries.
Gulbadin Naib and Darwish Rasooli are unbeaten at the crease.
Team India's Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, and Nitish Kumar Reddy have bagged one wicket each. Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel are yet to claim any wickets.
Earlier, Team India's skipper Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and elected to bowl first.
The "Men in Blue" have entered the match with just one change, where Varun Chakaravarthy has been replaced by Ravi Bishnoi. Chakaravarthy has been ruled out of the remainder of the series as he has sustained a side strain.
After winning the toss, Team India's skipper Iyer said, "We're going to bowl first. Talking about tails, it's been lucky for me for the last couple of matches, irrespective of the results where it's gone. [On whether bowling first is a distinct advantage in T20 cricket] Well, you have a fair idea about how the wicket plays, and the bowler, it's important for the bowler to adapt as quickly as possible. So once you gauge the pace of the wicket, you know how the wicket is playing. So it becomes a little bit of advantage, but whichever team plays the best, they win. [On whether there was anything India wanted to do differently after the first T20I] Yes, absolutely. It wasn't comprehensive, though. We could have won it by a huge margin, but Azmat and Nabi, they played very well in between and they got crucial partnership. So kudos to them in that. And we as a bowling unit, we could have probably got some more wickets in the middle, especially in that phase from 10 to 15. And then coming into bat, obviously, they were phenomenal in their approach. [On changes to the playing XI] Yes, we've got one change. Unfortunately, Varun has got a side strain, so Bishnoi comes in for him".
India: Sanju Samson (WK), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran (C), Sediqullah Atal, Gulbadin Naib, Drawish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
