IND VS AFGANISTAN MATCH ANALYSIS

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MOHD SHAMI ATTAINS THE DAY-

Mohammad Shami had a ball cut into a left-hander Hazratullah Zazai and it would have hit the le-stump-but considering the ball moved in from leg to off, and it was striking the leg-stump-it was highly unexpected that it would have thrown in line of the stumps. Shami was interested, Kohli was but what stood out was that even Dhoni who ran in join the crime scene couldn't persuade them to not go for it. Nearly everybody did their bit in the chase. Everyone got starts, pushed the ball around, threw the pressure back at India to check if one of the favorites at the World Cup cracked. Bumrah ruins their back in the 29th over with a double strike. A bouncer that snarled at Shah's head and the top-edge was snaffled by Yuzvendra Chahal at fine-leg. Then, he took out Shahidi with a one that jumped up, the leading edge embracing the ball back to him. The Afghan back was broken but the Bravehearts kept ticking on. Mohammad Shami stepped up, giving away just 3 overs in the 48th over as he kept peppering the 18-year-old Ikram Ali Khil with short stuff. It seemed Dhoni wanted the third man, but Bumrah waved his hand and asked mid-off to drop back to long-off. Dhoni then carefully adjusted the short third man and backward point fielders to the spots where he wanted them. It was clear that Dhoni was worried that Nabi might try slicing, steering, and squeezing the yorkers through the region. But Bumrah wanted to cover at the straight boundary. Both won in the end, Nabi's attempted steers couldn't pierce the field and it came down to 16 from the last over. There was an attempted yorker from Shami but Nabi was ready, deep inside the crease and he slugged it to the long-on boundary. A dot ball later, he went for it again. And initially, it seemed he had connected it, but he couldn't clear the long-on fielder. And Shami had the stumps cartwheeling off the next two deliveries to affect India'second hat-trick in a World Cup game, and 10th overall. 

SCOREBOARD

INDvsAFG

INDIA                                                                                                                            224/8 in 50 overs

KL Rahul c Zazai b Nabi                                                                                                     30(53b,2x4)

R Sharma b Mujeeb Ur Rahman                                                                                                   1(10b)

V Kohli    c Rahmat Shah b Nabi                                                                                          67(63b,5x4)

V Shankar lbw b Rahmat Shah                                                                                            29(41b,2x4)

MS Dhoni st Alikhil b Rashid                                                                                               28(52b,3x4)

K Jadhav c sub b Gulbadin Naib                                                                                   52(68b,3x4,1x4)

H Pandya c Alikhil b Aftab Alam                                                                                                   7(9b)

Mohammad Shami b Gulbadin Naib                                                                                              1(2b)

Kuldeep Yadav                                                                                                                                1(1b)

J Bumrah                                                                                                                                         1(1b)

Extras:(w 7)

Bowling:

Mujeeb Ur Rahman                                                                                                                10-0-26-1

Aftab Alam                                                                                                                                 7-1-54-1

Gulbadin Naib                                                                                                                           9-0-51-2

Mohammad Nabi                                                                                                                       9-0-33-2

Rashid Khan                                                                                                                            10-0-38-1

Rahmat Shah                                                                                                                             5-0-22-1

AFGANISTAN                                                              213 in 49.5 Overs

Hazratullah Zazai b Shami                                                                                                    10(24b,1x4)

Gulbadin Naib c Shankar b Pandya                                                                                       27(42b,2x4)

Rahmat Shah c Chahal b Bumrah                                                                                          36(63b,3x4)

Hashmatullah Shahidi c&b Bumrah                                                                                      21(45b,2x5)

Asghar Afghan b Chahal                                                                                                                8(19b)

Mohammmad Nabi c Pandya b Shami                                                                           52(55b,4x4,1x6)

Najibullah Zadran c Chahal b Pandya                                                                                   21(23b,2x4)

Rashid Khan st Dhoni b Chahal                                                                                            14(16b,1x4)

Ikram Alikhil not out                                                                                                                      7(10b)

Aftab Alam b Shami                                                                                                                         0(1b)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman b Shami                                                                                                            0(1b)

Extras:(b 4, lb 4, w 9)

Bowling:

Mohammad Shami                                                                                                                 9.5-1-40-4

J Bumrah                                                                                                                                  10-1-39-2

Y Chahal                                                                                                                                  10-0-36-2

H Pandya                                                                                                                                  10-1-51-2

Kuldeep Yadav                                                                                                                         10-0-39-0

India won by 11 runs

COOLEST AFGHAN CRICKETER OUT THERE-

Mohammad Nabi gave a royal scare to the Indians, dragging the game to the last over, raising hopes of a nation where cricket was born out of dispute and exodus, but just about falling short in the end. The Afghan cricket story is well-documented, but that should not dull our senses to the passion and the danger. Here is a story about their passion and danger. Here is a story about heir passion. Once in Jalalabad kids swam through a flooded path to get a hall for a cricket function. Once in Jalalabad kids swam through a flooded path to get a hall for a cricket function. The soundtrack to this joyous childhood is explosions. Why does Mohammad Nabi never get collared? He even set free the question paper before the exams to the studious batsmen: This is what I am going to bowl. It will be usually around a length, usually, the stock ball with the one not turning as much as the variation, some little changes in pace-now hit me if you can. It's easier to define what he doesn't do than what he does. A traditional off-spinner has rarely has treated with such respect in limited-overs cricket. Over the years, it has come to be received that off-spinners who don't have that noteworthy quality experience in wrists, elbows, or, fingers aren't going to do well in limited-overs. For starters, the arcs he penetrates in the air hardly allow the batsmen to get down the track.