DUBAI : September 8,2022. India dumped Afghanistan in a relatively irrelevant match of Asia T20 cup super 4 stage played at Dubai cricket on Thursday .
Afghanistan after winning the toss put India into bat . Its decision to bowl first prove fatal as batting side built up a big total of 213 runs in 20 overs.
Virat Kohli knocked a century in the match. Indian super batsman was under criticism for not playing a long inning and struck a century since 2019.
Virat Kohli is doubtlessly a big cricketor but his getting out of form exposed him to the critics back home .
After long time , Kohli seemed good on the crease in Asia T20 cup.
He played a good innings in almost all matches of the tournament .
Kohli’s coming back in form is a good omen for India and cricket .
Afghanistan failed to give good performance with the ball and bat.
Its bowling was poor and so was batting .
In response to India’s 213 , its start for batting was pothatic . Its batsman kept coming and going without making runs .
At one stage its main 4 bats were out for 20 runs.
Only Ibrahim stood firm on his side on the crease. He kept on rotating the score board and till the end of 20 over he was struggling for his country .
Only positive outcome of Thursday’s match was that Afghan team and its fans remained non violent after defeat in match with India.