New Delhi, The Super 8 match of T20 World Cup 2024 is being played today between India and Afghanistan. In which the Indian team has decided to bat first after winning the toss. Batting first, India did not have a great start.

Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs on the team's score of 11 runs. After this, an important partnership was seen between Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli. Rashid made Rishabh his first victim on a score of 20 runs. After this, Kohli also got caught by Noor Ahmed on Rashid's ball after scoring only 24 runs.

Surya and Hardik's bat wreaked havoc
The start was not good for the Indian team. But Surya was standing at one end of the wicket and was constantly hitting shots. Shivam definitely tried to support Surya but became Rashid's third victim on just 10 runs. After this, Indian team's vice-captain Hardik Pandya came out to bat. Surya hit a lot of shots to both Afghanistan's spin bowlers and fast bowlers.

Surya scored 53 runs in 28 balls while Hardik scored 32 runs in 24 balls. On the strength of these two batsmen, India scored 181 runs in 20 overs. Captain Rashid sent three Indian batsmen to the pavilion from Afghanistan's side. Fazalhaq Farooqui also took 3 wickets. Naveen Ul Haq also took 1 wicket.

Bowlers performed brilliantly

When the Afghanistan team came out to chase the runs, the Indian bowlers tightened their grip on them. At one point, the score of Afghanistan's team was 3 wickets for 27 runs. After which a partnership was seen but no batsman was able to play a long innings.

For India, Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets for 36 runs in 4 overs. Kuldeep took 2 wickets in his first T20 World Cup match. Jadeja and Akshar Patel also took 1 wicket each.