INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Riding on an excellent batting effort by Virat Kohli and some clinical bowling by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, India beat Afghanistan by 101 runs in
the Super 4 encounter at Asia Cup in Dubai on Thursday, Hindustan times reported.Kohli ended his century dry spell and powered India to
In action, Afghanistan got off to a terrible start with Bhuvneshwar taking apart the Afghan batters
Bhuvneshwar scalped 5 wickets in his four overs
Arshdeep Singh, R Ashwin and Deepak Hooda picked one wicket each
Previously in the evening Kohli took simply 53 deliveries to reach the triple digit mark
He reached his century in design as he smashed Fareed Ahmad for a 6 in the 19th over, read the report.The talismanic batter opened the
innings with KL Rahul and returned unbeaten on 122 off 61 balls, which included twelve fours and 6 6s
The opening pair offered India with an explosive start after being welcomed to bat first
The duo included 119 runs for the opening wicket, before Fareed removed Rahul on 62( 41 )
He then packed Suryakumar Yadav in the exact same over
Kohli along with Rishabh Pant then drove the Indian innings
Hindustan times reported.Rahul led the system as India made three changes in their line-up
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal were rested and Deepak Chahar, Dinesh Karthik, and Axar Patel can be found in as
replacement for the trio.The post India defeat Afghanistan by 101 runs initially appeared on Ariana News.
