AFG vs IND

India have flexed their muscle and how tonight! A quick turnaround as the two teams will lock horns at the same venue in less than 48 hours time and as it is the case in a 3-match series, the second will be a do-or-die clash. Afghanistan need to turn up while India will want to continue some of the same from tonight. Enough time for you to switch over to the Women's Asia Cup final where India are on their way to reclaiming the throne. Time for us, Sourabh Agrawal and Bidipto Datta, to sign off for the night. Cheers!

Shreyas Iyer (India captain): (everything clicked tonight) Grateful for that. Everyone worked in synergy towards the success. As I have mentioned earlier, Bumrah is a great asset to have. He set up the momentum by picking up an early wicket and setting it up. Arshdeep bowled brilliantly as well and after that even Axar and Varun too. (giving Dube the 20th over with the ball) Honestly speaking, there was no choice and it was not fair on Dube as well to come in. It is absolutely fine, I'm sure he will go back and analyze. (thoughts about Abhishek and Kishan) Starting off with Abhishek, the shots he played was flawless and exemplary. (on Ishan) The way he has been in great form and the way he has portrayed himself in the dressing room and during practice as well, he is relaxed, calm and knows his game

Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan captain): We did not get the result what we wanted. We had three overs good start but then gave them back-to-back wickets. We batted well in the middle overs but did not get enough runs. Their bowlers bowled really well. That run out (his own) was the turning point, the way Ishan Kishan picked the ball up and threw it in, it was the turning point. They are one of the best fielding side and we saw that. Gurbaz did not have his day today but he will be back stronger

Abhishek Sharma (Player of the Match, 82 runs off only 32 deliveries, and a catch): "Taking the catch in the first over, that too in the slips, is a big confidence booster! And taking the catch off Jasprit Bumrah's bowling is always important! Two years back, we decided that we would play in a certain way. We wanted to dominate. Things went well, but yes, things didn't quite click for a couple of innings. But it's important to stick to what you've planned and earned your success, and in a chase of 150-160, a quickfire start always helps." 

10:29 PM local time and IST: MATCH SUMMARY

India (157/3 1n 13.4 overs) beat Afghanistan (156/8 in 20 overs)

Abhishek Sharma 82(32) | Arshdeep Singh 3/19(4)
Azmatullah Omarzai 64*(44) | Mohammad Nabi 2/28(3)

An absolute shellacking for the hosts Afghanistan in Delhi as India hammer them winning by 7 wickets inside the 14 overs, with as many as 38 balls to spare taking a 1-0 lead in the friendship series

Barring that 83-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Azmat and Nabi, it was all India. First they reduced Afghanistan to 43/5 in 7 overs and even though the Afghans recovered to get past 150, India made an absolute mockery of the target

Abhishek Sharma was at his destructive best, he smashed his 14th 50+ score in T20Is on his way to a 32-ball 82 before he holed out but not before all but getting the job done. He was unstoppable, even though he lost Sanju Samson early in the 3rd over of the run chase.

A massive 121-run stand for the second wicket off a mere 53 balls as the duo killed the chase in the powerplay getting India to 82/1 at the end of the 6 overs. Kishan scored an attractive 42 but naturally all the limelight was taken away by Abhishek. 

Nabi did get both of those batters late in the innings but Afghanistan did not even have nearly enough runs on the board. Presentations coming up next, hang around!

13.4 Rashid Khan to N. Tilak Varma, round the wicket, AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR INDIA! THEY GO ONE-UP IN THE SERIES! A wrong 'un around off-stump on the good length. Tilak went on to the backfoot and patted it down to point. They took the quick single, the throw to the bowler wasn't the best, and it allowed for the second, and the winning run, to be taken after that! 

13.3 Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, length ball on the pads. Shreyas went across and glanced it to short fine-leg for a quick single, after a bit of a mix-up! 

13.2 Rashid Khan to N. Tilak Varma, over the wicket, into the wicket again and around off. Punched down to long-off off the back foot for another single.

12.5 Mohammad Nabi to N. Tilak Varma, OH HO! Full, slow and dipping on middle-and-off. A chip back to the bowler off the front foot there. No run.

A moment of brilliance from Rashid on a night where it has pretty much gone horribly wrong for Afghanistan. Second wicket for Nabi as Kishan walks back after a well-made 42 with India just one hit away

12.4 Mohammad Nabi to Ishan Kishan, OHHH! THAT IS A TOP CATCH FROM RASHID! Into the wicket and on off-and-middle. Ishan thundered it flat and over the in-field, off the front foot on the up, to make it go over long-on. But Rashid Khan there, leapt on time, took the catch over his head, and followed through magnificently to make sure that the rope behind him was not touched!