The third match of the Super 8 of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and Afghanistan. In this match played at Kensington Oval ground in Barbados, India first batted and then defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs with excellent bowling. With this victory, India's hopes of reaching the semi-finals have become stronger.
In this match, India won the toss and batted first and gave Afghanistan a target of 182 runs. In response, Afghanistan's team was all out for 134 runs in 20 overs in front of Jaspreet Bumrah's bowling. No batsman could play a big innings for Afghanistan. For the team, Azmatullah Umarzai scored the highest 26 runs with the help of two fours and a six in 20 balls.
Apart from Umarzai, Gulbadin Naib contributed 17 runs, Najibullah Zadran contributed 19 runs and Mohammad Nabi contributed 14 runs. For India, Bumrah took three wickets for just 7 runs in four overs. Apart from him, Arshdeep Singh also took three wickets, Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each.
Earlier, India scored 181 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav batted brilliantly for India and scored a half-century. Surya scored 53 runs in 28 balls with the help of five fours and three sixes. Suryakumar was chosen as the Player of the Match for his brilliant innings. Apart from this, the team's vice-captain Hardik Pandya played an innings of 32 runs in 24 balls.