Dharamshala : India defeated Afghanistan in a rain (match reduced to 25 overs) curtailed encounter at Dharamshala by 7 wickets in 1st ODI to go 1-0 up.
India bowling first picked 3 Afghanistan wickets for 26 runs. Rahamanullah Gurbaz (102) smashed an aggressive hundred – 102(51) with 8 sixes and as many boundaries.
However, after his dismissal on 142 (15.3), Afghanistan faced major collapse. The total which was heading to a biggie, suddenly, from 142-2 , they’re bundled out to 194. Debutants Gurnoor Brar and Harsh Dubey picked 3 fers each while Nitish Kumar Reddy took 2 wickets.
Chasing 195, Indian captain Shubman Gill played match winning knock of 84*(66) with 2 sixes and 11 boundaries, despite loss of Rohit Sharma (16), Ishan Kishan (34) and Shreyas Iyer (12) from other end. KL Rahul played a finishing cameo of 39*(19) with 3 sixes, 4 boundaries and 205.26 strike rate to chase past the target in 22.5 overs.
Gill was awarded Man of The Match.
Brief Scorecard :
AFG – 194 (24.5)
IND – 195-3 (22.5)
Result : India won by 7 wickets.
