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Arshdeep Singh clean bowled Mohammad Nabi at a moment when the Afghanistan National Cricket Team was slowly creating a significant partnership after losing five wickets in seven overs of the first innings of the ongoing India vs Afghanistan 1st T20I match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
On the second ball of the 17th over of the innings, the India National Cricket Team fast bowler released a slower yorker from his palm to befool the experienced batter. The ball landed right into the toe of the batter, which went right through the stumps. A pure class delivery by Arshdeep Singh.
Arshdeep Singh's slower yorker bowled out Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi, an experienced Afghanistan batter, was first tricked by the slow pace of the ball, and then by the line of the ball. He stayed on his back foot to flick the ball away towards the leg side, which he could not execute as he misjudged the pace of the ball.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐈! 🎯
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Arshdeep finds the gap between bat and pad and sends the Afghanistan batter packing. 💥
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He swung the bat but missed the ball. Arshdeep Singh opened both of his arms to celebrate the dismissal. Arshdeep and the Indian cricket team are currently flying high against the Afghanistan cricket team.
Arshdeep Singh takes 3 wickets vs Afghanistan in 1st T20I
The pace bowling line-up with Jasprit Bumrah and Singh worked impressively well for the Indian cricket team tonight. On the very first over, it was Bumrah who drew the first blood of the match by taking Rahmanullah Gurbaz's wicket. During the crucial junctures of the first innings, Singh kept taking wickets.
In this match, the Punjab-born pacer dismissed Sediqullah Atal, Mohammad Nabi, and Rashid Khan during his 4-over spell at an economy rate of 4.75. In those four overs, the specialist white-ball pacer offered only 19 runs to the opposing team.
The frontline bowlers of India bowled well tonight
In front of the Indian bowling line-up, Afghanistan, the host of the series, managed to get a total of 156 runs for 8 wickets. While Arshdeep Singh got three wickets, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, and Varun Chakravarthy bagged one wicket each. To win the match, India will have to score 157 runs in 20 overs.
The frontline bowlers did well tonight by taking wickets and restricting the Afghanistan batters from taking big shots for most part of the innings, but there is also no denying that the bowlers spent too many runs on extras. The innings began with five extras from Jasprit Bumrah. Arshdeep also leaked a few runs through wide balls.
Too many wides delivered by the Indian pacers vs Afghanistan tonight
According to some Cricbuzz stats, since January 2026, among all the Full Member teams, Arshdeep has bowled the most wides, which is 51. 7.4 per cent of his deliverhave gonewent for wides so far.
Most wides bowled since Jan 2025 (Full Member team)
51 Arshdeep Singh (7.4% of all balls)
38 R Ngarava (5.8%)/ J Holder (5.2%)
36 J Duffy (5.8%)/ R Shepherd (8.6%)
