2010 ICC World T20 Match Reviews - Afghanistan Versus India

The second mismatch of the 2010 ICC World Cuploss of two wickets, as Afghanistan batted for their
came on the second day of the event. India, with afull allotment of overs. The Afghans ended on 115/8.
star-studded line-up faced the minnows fromOnly Noor Ali and Asghar Stanikzai got to double
Afghanistan. The Afghans were just happy to be infigures in the innings. The destroyers for India were
the Caribbean, although they must have beenAshish Nehra (3/19) and Praveen Kumar (2/14). Only
dreaming about creating an upset or two againstZaheer Khan and Yusuf Pathan took some stick from
powerhouses India and South Africa.the Afghan batsmen; their four overs cost 36 runs.
At the picturesque Beausejour Stadium in St. Lucia,India got off to a bright start, with Murali Vijay taking
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the tossadvantage of some generous Afghan bowling.
and elected to field first. In the second over, AshishHowever, in the third over, Afghanistan earned a vital
Nehra snared Afghan opener Karim Sadiq for nought.breakthrough as Dawlat Ahmadzai snared the highly
Afghanistan then lost two more wickets andrated Gautam Gambhir for 4. India continued to score
subsided to 29/3. Asghar Stanikzai joined openerat a brisk rate, reaching 46 in the sixth over, when
Noor Ali at the fall of the third wicket. Together, theSuresh Raina fell to the metronomic Hamid Hassan
two Afghan batsmen raised the score to 97, beforefor 18. Murali Vijay was out for 48 off 46 balls - just
Ali departed for a well-played, even half century offshort of a deserved half-century. India still managed
48 balls.to romp home by seven wickets, with 31 balls to
From 97/3, Afghanistan collapsed to 97/6. Theirspare. Yuvraj Singh (23*) and MS Dhoni (15*) were
lower order managed to scrape 18 more runs for thethe not out batsmen for India.