INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India beat Afghanistan by six wickets on Thursday night in the first of three T20I matches in chilly Mohali.Afghanistan&s captain Ibrahim
Zadran said after the match that the team will look to improve their fielding in the next match.&We were short 30-40 runs
But the boys fought well.&We were trying to have a good powerplay start but we lost wickets then
One of us should&ve gone for 14-15 overs but we lost back to back wickets,& he said.&When new batters came, we came under pressure
(Fielding effort) In the second innings there was dew and gripping of the ball was difficult
I can say that the boys tried really well.&We will try to improve our fielding
We were quite lazy with the fielding today
We will try to improve batting as well
Will focus on what we did wrong today,& he said.India&s Shivam Dube, who was named player of the match, enjoyed a particularly good game
with figures of 1 for 9 in two overs with a punchy, unbeaten half-century that headlined India&s successful chase of 159.Speaking after the
match, Dube said: &It was really cold but I enjoyed playing on this ground
Playing after a long time….batting at No
4 was a bit of pressure for me but I had one thing on my mind… that I had to play my style of cricket.&From my style, I feel a bit of
pressure first 2-3 balls but after that I think about the ball and don&t think too much
I know I can hit big sixes in T20s, so I know I can get runs anyway.&The post India beats Afghanistan by six wickets in T20I match first
