IND vs AFG 2nd T20I: Dube, Jaiswal shines as India secures win by six wickets

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal hammers one during his knock of 68 against Afghanistan in Indore yesterday

Riding on a flurry of mighty maximums, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed Afghanistan's bowlers to smithereens with swashbuckling half-centuries as India made short work of a 173-run target to win the second T20I by six wickets here on Sunday. While Yashasvi got out after hammering 68 off 34 balls, including six sixes, Dube ended unbeaten on a 32-ball 63, hitting four maximums in the process. India completed the chase with 26 balls to spare, taking an unassailable lead in the three-match series.

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Gulbadin Naib top-scored with a breezy 35-ball 57 before the lower-order batters Mujeeb Ur Rahman (21 off 9 balls) and Karim Janat (20 off 10) chipped in with useful contributions to lift Afghanistan to 172 all out. India's chase began on a eventful note that saw a first-ball boundary by Yashasvi Jaiswal, a loud shout for an lbw and an unsuccessful Afghanistan review, and a first-ball duck for Rohit Sharma. In his first T20I since November 2022, Virat Kohli began with a lovely boundary before Jaiswal smashed Fazalhaq Farooqi for two sixes.

Recreating the famous shot he played against Haris Rauf in the last T20 World Cup at MCG, Kohli hit a short-of-a-length Naveen-ul-Haq delivery back over the bowler's head for a four. Back then it was a six. Having switched ends, Mujeeb leaked 19 runs with Jaiswal collecting three fours and Kohli one. Naveen-ul-Haq cut short Kohli's stay by having him caught at mid-off for a 16-ball 29.

Brief scores
Afghanistan 172 all out in 20 overs (G Naib 57; A Singh 3-32, A Patel 2-17, R Bishnoi 2-39) lost to India 173-4 in 15.4 overs (Y Jaiswal 68, S Dube 63'; K Janat 2-13) by six wickets

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