Kohli's Ton & Bhuvneshwar's 5-Fer Help India Thrash Afghanistan By 101 Runs In Asia Cup 2022

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IND vs AFG: Courtesy of Virat Kohli's awaited 71st ton and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's tremendous bowling, India thrashed Afghanistan by 101 runs in their last match of the Super 4 stage and Asia Cup 2022. Afghanistan will go winless in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022.

Chasing a huge target of 213 runs, Afghanistan batters looked clueless against Bhuvneshwar Kumar as the pacer picked up 4 wickets inside the powerplay, finishing with a fantastic bowling figure of 5 wickets for 4 runs in 4 overs. 

Apart from Bhuvneshwar, Arshdeep Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin and Deepak Hooda managed 1 wicket each. For Afghanistan, Ibrahim Zadran was the top scorer with an unbeaten 64 runs off 59 balls with 4 fours & 2 sixes, but with a huge target and no support from the end, Afghanistan eventually ended up conceding a huge defeat. 

In the first innings, After a long and excruciating wait, King Virat Kohli finally smacked his 71st international ton, powering India to 212/2 in 20 overs. 

After captain Rohit Sharma was rested, Virat Kohli came out to open the innings with KL Rahul. These two etched the highest opening partnership for India in this Asia Cup, adding 119 runs in 12.4 overs for the first wicket. KL Rahul was dismissed in the 13th over by Fareed Ahmad after scoring 62 runs off 41 balls with 6 fours & 2 sixes. 

Suryakumar Yadav dispatched the first ball he faced for a six, and was dismissed on the next delivery by Fareed Ahmad. Rishabh Pant then played an ordinary knock of 20 runs in 16 balls with 3 fours. Virat Kohli however, batted throughout the 20 overs, and remained unbeaten on 122 runs off 61 balls with 12 fours & 6 sixes, striking at 200. 

Due to this knock, India posted the highest total in the Asia Cup 2022 by any team. For Afghanistan, Fareed Ahmad was the sole wicket-taker with 2 wickets but conceded 57 runs. 

Earlier, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Anbi won the toss & adopted to bowl first against India in the 5th match of Asia Cup 2022. This match is being played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

Brief Score:

• India - 212/2 (Virat - 122* (61), Fareed - 2/57)
• Afghanistan - 111/8 (Ibrahim - 64*(59), Bhuvneshwar - 5/4)