India A vs Afghanistan A LIVE Score Updates, ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024© BCCI
India vs Afghanistan A LIVE Updates: India lost four wickets in the first 10 overs, still needing 128 more, after Afghanistan set them a mammoth target of 207 in the second semi-final of the ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Team Asia Cup 2024 on Friday. 83 by Sediqullah Atal and 64 by Zubaid Akbari got Afghanistan off to a flying start, as the two openers notched up a 137-run partnership. For India, Rasikh Salam Dar picked up three wickets, and was even on a hattrick at one point. Tilak Varma-led India A are still unbeaten in the tournament with wins over Pakistan A, United Arab Emirates and Oman in Group B. On the other hand, Afghanistan won two of their three games played in Group A and finished at the second spot in the four-team table. (Live Scorecard)
ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 LIVE Updates: India A vs Afghanistan A LIVE Score, Straight from Al Amerat
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21:47 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: India need 117 runs in 54 balls
13 runs per over. That is the requirement for India A, if they want to reach the final of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 by beating Afghanistan tonight. A daunting target with 4 wickets already down. A lot of pressure on Ayush Badoni and Ramandeep Singh.
IND 90/4 (11 overs)
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21:44 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Badoni goes big!
Six over square leg, flat and fine! Ayush Badoni needs to be anchor India through if they are to win today. Ramandeep is out in the middle alongside him, following Wadhera’s dismissal.
IND 88/4 (10.3 overs)
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21:41 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: WADHERA GONE!
Oh dear! All that momentum comes crumbling down. Wadhera tries a single when it was never on, tries to rush back but falls short of his ground. Afghanistan get a fourth wicket, and India have a huge challenge in their hands now.
Nehal Wadhera – OUT – run out (Kharote) – 20 (13)IND 80/4 (10 overs)
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21:40 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: 6-4-4!
Nehal Wadhera dealing in boundaries. A big shift of gears. First, in the slot, 6 over mid-wicket. Then same area, 4! The third one goes for 4 more.
IND 80/3 (9.5 overs)
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21:36 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Much-needed boundary
Nehal Wadhera struggled in that over, but gets a much-needed four to end it. Up to 6 runs off 9 balls now. India still have a mountain to climb, as only 5 runs come off the over.
IND 65/3 (9 overs)
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21:33 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: 5 runs off the over
Only 5 runs come in the 8th over. India’s total only at 60, and the pressure is well and truly on Badoni and Wadhera. The latter is on 2 runs off 6 balls. India need some big overs real soon.
IND 60/3 (8 overs)
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21:28 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: 152 runs needed in 13 overs
78 balls, 152 runs needed. The onus is on Ayush Badoni and Nehal Wadhera, and Ramandeep Singh and Nishant Sindhu are great players to follow. But, Afghanistan firmly have the upper hand at the moment.
IND 55/3 (7 overs)
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21:25 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: 50 up for India
Badoni times it well through third man for a boundary. Brings up 50 for India. A long, long way to go in this run chase. The bad news? 3 of India’s top order is back in the dugout already.
IND 52/3 (6.1 overs)
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21:24 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Great powerplay for AFG
Afghanistan have pinned India against the wall in the powerplay. Only 48 runs in the first 6 overs for India. Still 199 runs to get in 14 overs.
IND 48/3 (6 overs)
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21:21 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: TILAK GONE!
Tilak Varma is gone! India in deep trouble now. Third wicket goes down inside the powerplay. India’s total is not even at 50! Disaster. Tilak’s Mumbai Indians teammate Nehal Wadhera is in next.
Tilak Varma – OUT – c Ashraf b Rahman – 16 (13)
IND 48/3 (5.4 overs)
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21:17 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: What a spell by Ghazanfar
2/14 in 3 overs in the powerplay. Those are spectacular figures for Allah Ghazanfar against a mighty India A batting lineup. He has removed both Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh in the powerplay.
IND 43/2 (5 overs)
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21:14 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: OUT! Prabhsimran gone
Oh dear! Prabhsimran Singh mistimes trying to go big. It went high in the air, and it’s caught at long on. Allah Ghazanfar strikes AGAIN! India have lost both openers. Ayush Badoni walks in next.
Prabhsimran Singh – OUT – c Rasooli b Ghazanfar – 19 (12)
IND 40/2 (4.2 overs)
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21:10 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Three fours in a row!
Tilak Varma is dealing in boundaries! Three consecutive boundaries. First cut through point, then down the ground, and the third through third man. Excellent momentum given by the India A captain.
14 off the over, and India’s run rate hits 10 an over for the first time in the powerplay.IND 40/1 (4 overs)
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21:07 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Big appeal by Ghazanfar!
Huge appeal by Ghazanfar as the ball hits captain Tilak Varma on the pads in his second ball. Umpire shakes his head, and there is no DRS to be taken.
Massive blow for India, but still a lot of batting to come.
IND 26/1 (3 overs)
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21:04 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: OUT! Abhishek gone!
Abhishek Sharma has to walk back! Simple catch at mid-off. Gets no timing, no height on it, and holds out. Allah Ghazanfar gets his revenge, and a big, big blow for India in their run chase.
Abhishek Sharma – OUT – c Rahman b Ghazanfar – 7 (4)
IND 25/1 (2.3 overs)
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21:03 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Here comes Abhishek Sharma!
SIX! First boundary for Abhishek is a maximum. Length ball by Allah Ghazanfar and Abhishek hits him over mid-wicket for 6.
IND 25/0 (2.2 overs)
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21:01 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Half chance!
Prabhsimran Singh mistimed it, and a hard catch goes down at mid-on! Diving effort in the field by Afghanistan, and some runs saved. Big reprieve for Prabhsimran.
15 comes off the second over. -
21:00 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Prabhsimran to the party!
Prabhsimran goes high and all the way for 6! Hit square off the wicket. And he follows it up with another cut shot, through for 4! The Punjab Kings youngster is making a mark.
Make that three boundaries in a row! Four more, through the off-side again.
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20:57 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Brilliant start by Ghazanfar
Allah Ghazanfar starts off by keeping things tight. Only three singles in the first over. Cautious start by the India openers, but they’ll have to score at more than 10 runs an over.
IND 3/0 (1 over)
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20:55 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: India begin run-chase
Prabhsimran Singh and Abhishek Sharma are out in the middle. It will be young spinner Allah Ghazanfar who will get things underway with the ball.
IND 0/0 (0.1 overs)
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20:47 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: India’s target
India’s target: 207. By no means an easy task, but with the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Tilak Varma, Ayush Badoni and Ramandeep Singh, it is a batting lineup very capable of pulling this target off.
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20:46 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Great knocks by Afghan batters
A 137-run partnership set the tone from the start. Zubair Akbari made 64, Sediqullah Atal even better with 83. And a fabulous fast innings by Karim Janat in the end, making 41 off just 20 balls.
A superb display of batting from start to finish.
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20:43 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Afghanistan pile up 206
Only six runs, a fine final over by Rasikh. But what a brilliant innings by Afghanistan. 206 is a mighty fine total, and India will need a monstrous batting effort to try and chase this down. Highest total of Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024.
AFG 206/6 (20 overs)
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20:42 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Karim Janat departs
Rasikh Salam Dar picks up his third wicket. Karim Janat tries to go big, but finds Abhishek Sharma at long-off. Afghanistan pegged back here by a brilliant final over by Rasikh.
Karim Janat – OUT – c Abhishek b Rasikh – 41 (20)
AFG 205/4 (19.5 overs)
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20:40 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: One-handed effort!
Hit high and straight but not hard enough, Abhishek Sharma attempted to grab it with one hand, but just wide. Karim Janat on strike for the final three balls, batting on 41 off 18.
AFG 205/3 (19.3 overs)
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20:37 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: 200 for Afghanistan
200 up for Afghanistan. It’s raining sixes here! First Karim Janat slams a six in the second ball, and then Ishaq joins the party with his own six off the fourth ball. Superb batting against a young India bowling.
First 200 total by a team in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024.AFG 200/3 (19 overs)
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20:33 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: No hattrick
Rasikh Salam Dar does not get the hattrick. Mohammed Ishaq plays out the hattrick ball for a single. A good comeback in the over, but still 11 runs off it.
AFG 184/3 (18 overs)
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20:32 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: OUT! Rasikh on a hattrick
What a ball! Clean bowled again! Captain Darwish Rasooli departs for a golden duck. Rasikh Salam Dar on a hattrick.
Darwish Rasooli – OUT – b Rasikh – 0 (1)
AFG 181/3 (17.3 overs)
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20:29 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: OUT! Sediqullah misses century
Full length delivery by Rasikh Dar goes underneath Sediqullah’s bat and India have their second wicket. End of a magnificent knock by Sediqullah Atal, who falls just short of a hundred.
Sediqullah Atal – OUT – b Rasikh – 83 (52)
AFG 181/2 (17.3 overs)
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20:25 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Karim Janat to the party!
Aaqib Khan into the attack for his final over, and Karim Janat continues the merry flow of runs! Big six, and then follows it up with a boundary! Exceptional batting, exceptional cricket by Afghanistan A. And then four more! Slammed over mid-off for 4 more.
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20:19 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: 150 up for Afghanistan!
Sediqullah picks up another boundary, and Afghanistan reach 150. Runs continue to flow, as Ramandeep Singh bowls his first over with the ball. 11 off the over.
Sediqullah now up to 75* off 49 balls.
AFG 155/1 (16 overs)
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20:15 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Karim Janat into the crease
26-year-old Karim Janat, who already has 66 T20Is for Afghanistan under his belt, walks in at No. 3. The onus on him will be to score runs quick, and he scores a boundary off his third ball. Afghanistan near 150 now. Can they get to 200?
AFG 144/1 (15 overs)
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20:09 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Afghanistan are livid!
Massive controversy boiling out at Al Amerat Stadium. Zubaid is extremely unhappy with the decision, and seemingly the Afghanistan coach has instructed him to not walk back. There is a big discussion going on between the two coaching camps!
And he walks back, at long last. Big drama, but the end of a fabulous Afghan partnership.
Zubaid Akbari – OUT – c Prabhsimran b Aaqib – 64 (40)
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20:07 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Long umpire check
The umpires are checking whether Zubaid has nicked a ball and whether he is out caught behind. Remember, no DRS or ultra edge here, and that is making it a big delay.
AND IT’S OUT! India have their first wicket!
AFG 137/1 (14.1 overs)
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20:03 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Pace back into the attack
Rasikh Salam Dar returns to the bowling attack. Only 2 runs off the over. A change from spin to pace after a long while. Tilak Varma is looking for answers and solutions to stop the Afghanistan charge, but the wicket just isn’t coming.
AFG 137/0 (14 overs)
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19:59 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: FOUR SIXES IN ONE OVER!
31 RUNS OFF THE OVER! 4 SIXES! Afghanistan have run riot, and Rahul Chahar has been the victim. Wow! Sensational hitting. Four sixes each for Zubaid and Sediqullah now. Both are in their 60s.
AFG 135/0 (13 overs)
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19:54 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: SIX MANIA
Another 6 slammed into the stands for a maximum by Zubaid. His third of the innings. Afghanistan A showing no signs of slowing down. Rahul Chahar under pressure with the ball, as he commits a no-ball right after.
The free-hit goes for a SIX and it’s another no-ball! What’s going on? The second free-hit is also a HUGE SIX. 3 sixes in the over!AFG 128/0 (12.4 overs)
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19:53 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: 50 for Zubair and Sediqullah
Zubaid reaches his half-century in the 4th ball of the over, and the very next one is punished for four by Sediqullah, who follows suit by reaching his 50. Amazing start by Afghanistan A, and India look a little clueless with the ball.
AFG 105/0 (12 overs)
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19:49 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Six singles
Six singles in Rahul Chahar’s second over. Afghanistan steadily progressing towards the 100-run total, without losing a wicket yet. Both batters edging towards half-centuries.
AFG 95/0 (11 overs)
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19:44 (IST)
IND vs AFG LIVE Score: 10 overs done!
Brilliant start to the semi-final by Afghanistan A. Sediqullah on 43*, Zubaid on 45*. Fantastic display of shots and composure by the young left-handed openers.
India A have been brilliant with the ball in the tournament so far, but this is a start that will have their heads scratching.
AFG 89/0 (10 overs)
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