India faced Afghanistan in the first T20I of the ongoing three-match series. The two sides met at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi for the clash on September 13, and the and limit Afghanistan to a score of 156 runs in the first innings.
For the Indian team, it was the performance of star opener Abhishek Sharma that stood out as they came out to chase down the target. Interestingly, Abhishek Sharma completed his 6000 T20 runs during the initial stages of the run chase.
It is also worth mentioning that the star batsman became the second-fastest player in the history of the sport to reach 6000 runs in T20 cricket. By balls faced, Abhishek Sharma has faced 3420 deliveries to reach the milestone.
He is second on the list behind Finn Allen who took 3386 deliveries to score 6000 T20 runs. Abhishek’s performance against Afghanistan took the world by storm, outshining stars like Will Jacks, Andre Russell and many more.
Fastest to 6000 T20 runs (balls)3386 Finn Allen
Abhishek Sharma 3420 *
3550 Andre Russell
3681 Tim David
3857 Will Jacks, Phil Salt
Arshdeep Singh's masterclass restricts Afghanistan to 159 in first inningsTalking about the game, Afghanistan was the first to bat and opened the innings with Rahmanullah Gurbaz going for a duck and Ibrahim Zadran scoring 11. Sediqullah Atal 13(9) Also, Afghanistan’s top order crumbled when Gulbadin Naib and Darwish Rasooli went for two runs apiece.
Azmatullah Omarzai played a brilliant knock of 64* off 44 deliveries and Mohammad Nabi added 33 runs to his name.
The Indian team bowled well with star pacer Arshdeep Singh taking three wickets to be the highest wicket taker for India in the first innings. Bumrah, Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy chipped in with one wicket each to restrict Afghanistan to 156.
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