Shami Hattrick gives India narrow win over Afghanistan
Mohammad Nabi fought hard but India's bowlers made sure there were no upsets as they won by 11 runs at Southampton.
After 49.5 Overs
Afghanistan 213Ikram 7(10)
Shami 9.5-1-40-4
Bumrah 10-1-39-2
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After 35 Overs
Afghanistan 130/5Nabi 15 (17)
Chahal 8-0-25-1
Pandya 8-1-41-1
After 20 Overs
Afghanistan 71/2Shahidi 1 (1), Rahmat 23* (42)
Kuldeep 4-010-0
Pandya 4-1-25-1
Afghanistan Innings
After 50 Overs
India 224/8Bumrah 1 (1), Kuldeep 1* (1)
Naib 9-0-51-2
Aftab 7-1-54-1
After 35 Overs
India 156/4Kedar 16 (29), Dhoni 8* (26)
Rashid 6-0-7-0
Mujeeb 8-0-22-1
After 20 Overs
Openers back but Kohli tries to rebuildIndia 86/2
Kohli 40* (44), Shankar 8* (17)
Rashid 1-0-7-0
Nabi 4-0-12-1
India and Afghanistan face each other at Southampton, in a match which can be stated as David vs Goliath.
India have won the toss and chose to bat first.
India will look to continue on their unbeaten run as Afghanistan look for their first win in the tournament. Sri Lanka's win against England on Friday might provide the Afghans with a bit of tonic as they will try to replicate their fellow Asians.
India have one change as they have brought in Mohammad Shami for the injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Hazratullah Zazai and Aftab Alam makes into the Afghanistan team as Noor Ali and Zadran and Dawlat Zadran are dropped.
India - 1. Rohit Sharma, 2. KL Rahul, 3. Virat Kohli (c), 4. Vijay Shankar, 5. Kedar Jhadav, 6. MS DHoni (wk)., 7. Hardik Pandya, 8. Kuldeep Yadav, 9. Mohammad Shami, 10. Yuzvendra Chahal, 11. Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan - 1. Hazratullah Zazai, 2. Gulbadin Naib(c), 3. Rahmat Shah, 4. Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5. Asghar Afghan, 6. Mohammad Nabi, 7. Ikram Ali Khil(w), 8. Najibullah Zadran, 9.Rashid Khan, 10. Aftab Alam, 11. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
