India won by defeating Afghanistan by 7 wickets in the 7 pm match of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 2010 at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet – St Lucia, WI.
The Man of the Match was Ashish Nehra for taking 3 wickets in 4 overs.
The scores:
Afghanistan: Noor Ali c Dhoni b Nehra 50; Karim Sadiq c Dhoni b Nehra 0; Mohammad Shahzad c Dhoni b Nehra 6; Nowroz Mangal c Gambhir b Jadeja 5; Asghar Stanikzai c Zaheer b Kumar 30; Mohammad Nabi c Dhoni b Kumar 0; Raees Ahmadzai not out 5; Samiullah Shenwari run out 7; Hamid Hassan c Nehra b Zaheer 6; Shapoor Zadran not out 0; Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 0): 6.
Total Score = 115-8 in 20 Overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-6 (Karim Sadiq, 1.4 Over) 2-22 (Mohammad Shahzad, 3.3 Over) 3-29 (Nowroz Mangal, 5.4 Over) 4-97 (Noor Ali, 16.4 Over) 5-97 (Asghar Stanikzai, 17.1 Over) 6-97 (Mohammad Nabi, 17.2 Over) 7-107 (Samiullah Shinwari, 18.5 Over) 8-114 (Hamid Hassan, 19.5 Over).
India Bowling: Praveen Kumar 3-0-14-2, Ashish Nehra 4-0-19-3, Zaheer Khan 3-0-24-1 (1w), Ravindra Jadeja 4-1-15-1, Yuvraj Singh 1-0-4-0, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-24-0 (1w), Yusuf Pathan 1-0-12-0 (1w).
India: Gautam Gambhir c Nabi b Dawlat 4; Murali Vijay c Shapoor b Hassan 48; Suresh Raina lbw b Samiullah 18; Yuvraj Singh not out 23; Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 15; Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 3, nb 4): 8.
Total Score = 116-3 in 14.5 Overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-19 (Gautam Gambhir, 2.2 Over) 2-46 (Suresh Raina, 5.3 Over) 3-101 (Murali Vijay, 13.4 Over).
Afghanistan Bowling: Dawlat Ahmadzai 2-0-21-1 (1nb), Shapoor Zadran 2-0-6-0 (1w), Mohammad Nabi 3-0-33-0 (1nb), Samiullah Shenwari 2-0-11-1 (1w), Karim Sadiq 2-0-22-0 (1w, 2nb), Hamid Hassan 3-0-8-1, Nowroz Mangal 0.5-0-14-0.
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