IND vs AFG 1st ODI | 'It was a stiff target, but they made it look so ridiculously simple...': Sunil Gavaskar on Team India

In the raincurtailed first ODI match against Afghanistan Team India secured a dominating victory by seven wickets at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in DharamshalaBatting first the visitors were bowled out for 194 runs in 245 overs Afghanistans wicketkeeperbatsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashed 102 runs off just 51 deliveries laced with eight boundaries and the same number of maximumsLater in the second essay of the game the Men in Blue chased the target in 225 overs by losing three wicketsFollowing the victory legendary Team India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar heaped praise on the Men in Blue by saying that they put the team first He also said that the hosts made the run chase look ridiculously simpleBefore that over from Zia Ur Rahman he had bowled three overs for just 19 runs Then KL Rahul took 20 runs off that over Up until that point Shubman Gill needed 21 runs to reach his hundred with about 30 still needed for the team to win But then Rahul took charge That tells you everything about this team Its not about personal milestones Its about what each player can do for the team he said on JioStarTo win the match in the 23rd over shows how clinical the chase was It was a stiff target not an easy one at all But they made it look so ridiculously simple because they put the team first added GavaskarIND vs AFG 1st ODI Match summaryStar opening batsman Rohit Sharma managed to score 16 runs in 16 balls including two boundaries and a maximum Skipper Shubman Gill played an unbeaten knock of 84 runs off 66 deliveries laced with 11 boundaries and two maximumsWicketkeeperbatsman Ishan Kishan accumulated 34 runs in 22 balls which included three boundaries and a maximum Shreyas Iyer registered 12 runs in 15 balls with the help of a boundary Along with Gill KL Rahul stayed unbeaten Facing just 19 balls Rahul garnered 39 runs including four boundaries and three maximumsAfghanistans Ziaur Rahman and Rashid Khan claimed one wicket each Azmatullah Omarzai Allah Ghazanfar Mohammad Saleem and Mohammad Nabi went wicketless in the ODI match against the Men in BlueEarlier having been put to bat first in the raincurtailed ODI match against Team India Afghanistans wicketkeeperbatsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a glorious knock of 102 runs which came in 52 balls laced with eight boundaries and the same number of maximums Fellow opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran departed on one run in four ballsSediqullah Atal was dismissed on a twoball duck Rahmat Shah managed to score three runs in eight balls Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi accumulated 27 runs in 30 balls including three boundariesAzmatullah Omarzai garnered 26 runs off 16 deliveries with the help of three maximums Mohammad Nabi returned to the pavilion on nine runs in 14 balls including a maximum Allah Ghazanfar registered a twoball duck Rashid Khan and Ziaur Rahman scored nine and four runs respectively Facing 13 balls Rashid smashed two boundaries whereas Ziaur smashed a boundary in his eightball knock Mohammad Saleem stayed unbeaten on one run in one ball With this the Afghans were bowled out for 194 runs in 245 overs against the Men in BlueTeam Indias Gurnoor Brar and Hash Dubey claimed three wickets each Arshdeep Singh and Nitish Kumar Reddy also bagged two wickets each Prasidh Krishna and Washington Sundar went wicketless in the ODI match against Afghanistan