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India thrash Afghanistan by seven wickets in first T20 - scorecard

4 overs. 25 strike rate before falling to Mohammad Nabi via a Rashid Khan catch.

Opening partner Sanju Samson chipped in with 10 from eight balls, featuring two fours in an 11-minute stay with four dot balls, before being dismissed by Azmatullah Omarzai off Abdul Malik Darwish's catch. Ishan Kishan added 42 off 33 balls during his 48-minute innings, striking five fours and a six with 12 dots prior to also being caught by Rashid off Nabi.

Shreyas Iyer and Tilak Varma guided the side over the finish line as unbeaten batters. Iyer compiled eight runs from five balls with a single boundary and zero dots across 11 minutes, while Tilak scored three from four deliveries without any boundaries and two dots over four minutes.

The total was bolstered by 12 extra runs, which comprised 10 wides and two leg byes with zero no balls or byes conceded.