India vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Score, 2nd T20I: IND will take AFG. (FILE photo)

Shreyas Iyer’s India will face Ibrahim Zadran-led Afghanistan in the second of the three-match T20I series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday. India won the first game comfortably by seven wickets, chasing 157.

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Abhishek Sharma slammed 82 off 32 balls, and his powerplay fireworks took the game away from Afghanistan, who looked rattled by the Punjab-based batter’s aggression. In addition to him, Ishan Kishan, after his marathon innings in the Duleep Trophy final, scored 42 off 33 balls, building a partnership with Sharma.

Afghanistan, on the other hand, did not post enough runs. Whether more runs would have been enough, given how India batted, is a debate for another day, but their top order crumbled under the pressure created by Indian bowlers, with Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi saving face.

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The match at New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium was defined by three notable "firsts": the Indian cricket team sang Vande Mataram together before a match for the first time, Richard Pybus made his T20I head coaching debut for Afghanistan, and the Afghan squad played their first international T20 since the 2026 T20 World Cup, with the resulting seven-month layoff showing clearly in their initial batting struggles. (Read more from Shuvaditya Bose)

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