IND vs AFG: Watch - Axar Patel Cleans Up Ibrahim Zadran With A Beauty

Indian all-rounder Axar Patel continued his wonderful bowling performance in the second IND vs AFG T20I match and removed Afghani captain Ibrahim Zadran for 8 runs off 10 balls. Patel got rid of Ibrahim on the fourth ball of the sixth over when he cleaned up the batter with a length ball. Zadran was trying to push towards the ball, but was beaten by the slowness of the delivery, and his off stump was knocked back.

Before Ibrahim Zadran, it was Ravi Bishnoi who provided the first breakthrough to the Indian team on the second ball of the 3rd over by removing Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Gurbaz scored 14 runs from 9 balls but was caught by Shivam Dube. Dube also added his name to the wickets column by cleaning up dangerous Azmatullah Omarzai for 2 runs.

Watch – Axar Patel cleans up Ibrahim Zadran

Axar bowls a beaut 🤌 and Zadran has no answers!

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Afghanistan have scored 60/3 in the first seven overs and now will aim to build a partnership. However, in the present, the Indian team are all over the visitors and will want to wrap them up for a low score and seal the series.

However, ahead of the match, it was the snub of Shubman Gill which stole all the headlines. Gill engaged in a horrific mixup with skipper Rohit Sharma in the last match which resulted in the wicket of the Indian captain and he was dismissed for a duck. After Gill was replaced by Yashasvi Jaiswal, the netizens started to bash Rohit for snubbing Shubman Gill.

The match also marks the return of Indian batsman Virat Kohli who had been away from the shortest international format for the last 14 months. Kohli played his last T20I match against England in the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final, which India lost by 10 wickets.

Virat Kohli had been in tremendous form in the T20 World Cup 2022 and since then has been the top run scorer of the Indian team in international. Afghanistan are also very special for Virat Kohli as he scored his 71st international ton against them back in the 2022 Asia Cup.

Hundreds had almost dried up from the bat of Virat Kohli and it was after nearly 3 years that Virat Kohli took out his helmet and raised towards the fans. Since then Virat has become the batsman with the most hundreds in ODIs. Virat was also Player of the Tournament in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

The IND vs AFG T20I series is also India’s last bilateral series ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024. India will play a five-match Test series against England after the Afghanistan T20Is and then will engage in the Indian Premier League. Straight after the IPL 2024, the Indian players will gear up for the T20 World Cup 2024.

The return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will also boost India’s preparations for the upcoming ICC event. India are yet to win an ICC title in the last 11 years. India would want to end their drought in the upcoming T20 World Cup.