AFG vs IND Live Cricket Score

0.2 OUT! CAUGHT BY ABHISHEK! A sizzler from Bumrah and India have drawn first blood already. Hard length on off, and shaping a touch back into the batter with a bit of a lift as well. Gurbaz hangs back and perhaps looks to guide it through short third, but the ball gets big on him and he ends up offering a low catch to Abhishek Sharma at first slip. Sharma bends low to his right and scoops it up nicely above his shoelaces. However, the on-field umpires have sent it upstairs for a review to check for the legality of the catch. But Abhishek Sharma is claiming he has taken it cleanly. The replay confirms the same. Gurbaz is gone for a silver duck. 5/1

4 OUT! IBRAHIM IS RUN OUT! Magnificent piece of fielding from Ishan Kishan. Zadran on the other hand, is fuming at his partner. Slightly short and on the leg stump line, Ibrahim Zadran stands tall and pulls it to deep mid-wicket. They run the first one hard as Ishan Kishan sprints to his left from deep square leg. Zadran sets off for the second run but his partner sends him back halfway through. To make matters worse, Ibrahim loses his footing slightly while turning around. Ishan throws it accurately towards the bowling end. Axar collects it around his chest and whips the bails off in a flash, with Ibrahim out by a fair bit. Afghanistan are 38/2 after 4 overs. 38/2

4.5 OUT! CAUGHT WITH EASE! Arshdeep gets into the wickets as well. He bowls it wide outside the off stump and gets a good bit of outswing on it. Sediqullah Atal jams the bat down and looks to carve it behind square on the off side, but the ball gets sliced uppishly and Bumrah gets an easy catching practice at short third. Afghanistan have been reduced to 39/3 in 4.5 overs. 39/3

5.4 OUT! CAUGHT! That is a good running catch by Nitish Kumar Reddy. This is tossed up by Axar, fuller and outside off. Naib gets down on a knee and goes for the slog sweep. He takes the risk of going against the turn and pays the price. The ball straightens slightly to catch the top edge. It is skied over point, where Reddy runs over his left shoulder and slides to take a fine catch close to his body. Afghanistan are now 4 down for 41. 41/4

7 OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Bowled neck and crop as Varun Chakaravarthy gets in on the act. It is the googly by Chakaravarthy, Not all that short, on middle and leg. Rasooli misreads the length and stays back to a ball he was better off being forward to. He hangs his bat out to play the line of the ball, but it skids through to sneak past the inside edge and shatters the stumps. Afghanistan are now 43/5. 43/5

16.2 OUT! TIMBER! Arshdeep Singh answers right back, and he has his arms aloft in celebration. Mohammad Nabi is absolutely livid with himself as he swings his bat away in disgust. Singh sticks to the off-pace delivery but pitches it up. Nabi crouches and tries to swipe it away towards the leg side but he is undone by the slower one. It drops on him and sneaks under the blade, with the willow getting stuck in the turf as Nabi tries to turn the ball away. Afghanistan are now 126/6. 126/6

18.2 OUT! CAUGHT! Rashid Khan's scratchy stay comes to an end. This was in the slot for Rashid, and he will be disappointed to have missed out on putting it away. Around the off stump. Rashid gets the front leg out of the way and has a swing at it. The bat turns in his hand as the ball goes back over the bowler's head. Axar Patel moves to his right from long off and gobbles it up with ease. 131/7

18.3 OUT! NOOR AHMAD IS RUN OUT! Excellent work in the field by the Indian captain. Skidding through, in and around the off stump, on a back of a length. Noor taps it wide of cover from the crease before setting off for a quick single. Shreyas Iyer moves swiftly to his right, and the ball bounces nicely for him. He picks it up with one hand and while being on the move, he scores a direct hit at the bowling end. Noor is caught short of the crease, and being on the back foot to begin with did not help his cause either. 131/8

2.1 OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Azmatullah Omarzai is having a special night. Impact with the bat earlier and now he has struck with his first ball. This is on a back of a length, on middle. Samson takes a step back in the crease and tries to pick it up over deep square leg, but he is early into the shot. Gets it right off the bottom half of the blade and, as a result, he only gets the height and not the distance. Darwish Rasooli moves to his left at deep square leg and takes a safe catch. India are 18/1, chasing 157. 18/1

11 OUT! CAUGHT! Abhishek Sharma holes out. End of the entertainment from the southpaw. Nabi tries to dart it in very full from around the wicket but ends up serving a full toss, on middle and leg. Sharma has a heave across the line but he does so early and the ball catches the toe end of the blade. It is skied towards wide long on, where Rashid Khan initially thinks that the deep mid-wicket fielder is closer to the ball and hence he does not commit to the catch. He later goes for it and slides to take a reverse cup catch at head height. End of a 121-run stand. India are 139/2, needing 18 more runs. 139/2

12.4 OUT! CAUGHT BRILLIANTLY! Rashid Khan comes up with a top grab. On a length, shaping in from outside off. Kishan gets forward and hammers flat and hard back down the ground. It doesn't climb much, sailing flat towards Rashid stationed at long on. Right on the rope, he lifts one leg to stay inside the line and pouches the catch clean after balancing up. The umpires want to check whether Rashid came in contact with the boundary cushion while holding the ball. And the replay confirms that it is a legal catch. Kishan's fun ends, and India are 152/3, needing 5 runs to win. 152/3