17 September,2026 10:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Team India`s players celebrate a wicket during the third T20I match against Afghanistan (Pic: X/@BCCI)
In the third T20I match against Afghanistan, Team India secured a victory by 127 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
In an attempt to chase a target of 222 runs, Afghanistan was bowled out for 94 runs in 14.1 overs.
Afghanistan's wicketkeeper-batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed on 15 runs in 11 balls, including three boundaries. Skipper Ibrahim Zadran accumulated 25 runs in 16 balls, with the help of four boundaries and a maximum.
Sediqullah Atal departed on one run in three balls. Darwish Rasooli was dismissed on a one-ball duck. Noor ul Rahman managed to score 11 runs in 15 balls, including two boundaries. Azmatullah Omarzai managed to scire 17 runs in 13 balls, which included a boundary and a maximum. Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman were dismissed on eight and zero runs, respectively. Rashid Khan managed to score just six runs. Abdullah Ahmadzai departed on six runs, whereas Fazalhaq Farooqi stayed unbeaten on zero runs after facing two balls.
Team India's Nitish Kumar Reddy returned with the figures of three wickets for 25 runs in four overs. Ravi Bishnoi also picked up three wickets by conceding 26 runs in 3.1 overs. Axar Patel bagged two wickets each. Jasprit Bumrah and Yash Thakur claimed one wicket each.
Earlier, having been put to bat first, Team India's explosive opening batsman Abhishek Sharma delivered a knock of 108 runs off 34 deliveries, which was laced with nine boundaries and 11 maximums. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson also scored 50 runs in 35 balls, including two boundaries and four maximums.
Tilak Varma departed on two runs in five balls.
Shivam Dube and Ishan Kishan were dismissed on 14 and 10 runs, respectively. Facing 10 balls, Dube smashed a boundary and a maximum, whereas Kishan smashed a boundary in his eight-ball knock. Nitish Kumar Reddy returned to the pavilion on one run in four balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer registered 29 runs in 20 balls, with the help of two maximums. Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi stayed unbeaten at the crease. Patel scored five runs in four balls, whereas Bishnoi didn't face any balls. With this, the "Men in Blue" posted a total of 221 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs.
Afghanistan's Azmatullah Omarzai returned with the figures of two wickets for 27 runs in three overs. Rashid Khan and Abdullah Ahmadzai bagged one wicket each. Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Mohammad Nabi went wicketless in the third T20I match against the "Men in Blue".
