India vs Afghanistan, 2nd T20I: Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

After beating Afghanistan (AFG) comfortably by a six-wicket margin in the opening T20 international in Mohali, Team India (IND) now faces them in the second of the three-match series. The clash is scheduled to be played on a Super Sunday, January 14, at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. The third and final game will take place on Wednesday, January 17, at the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Talking in detail about the opening T20I, the tourists batted first and posted a decent total of 158/5 on the board in their allotted 20 overs. Veteran and experienced campaigner Mohammad Nabi top-scored for his team with his innings of 42 off 27. Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran scored 23 and 25 runs respectively while talented all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai amassed 29 off 22.

Spinner Axar Patel was the pick of the Indian bowlers for his spell of 2/23 in four overs. In reply, India captain Rohit Sharma got run out for a duck while his opening partner Shubman Gill scored 23 off 12. But the star of the show was Shivam Dube who remained not out on 60 off 40 which included five fours and two maximums. Wicketkeeper batter Jitesh Sharma also played a useful cameo of 31 off 20. In the end, it was an easy victory for the hosts as they took a 1-0 lead in the series. The Afghans will look to put on a better show this time around and level the series 1-1 heading into the decider in Bangalore.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the 2nd T20I between India and Afghanistan:

Head-to-Head: The Indians and the Afghans have met each other six times in T20 internationals with the Men in Blue winning on five occasions. The other fixture ended with no result.

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17 – Virat Kohli (1983) is 17 runs short of reaching the landmark of 2000 runs while chasing in T20 international matches.

5 – Rohit Sharma (82) requires five big hits to surpass Aaron Finch (82) and Eoin Morgan (86) and become the skipper with the most sixes in T20 internationals.

2 - Axar Patel (198) needs two wickets to complete 200 wickets in T20 matches.

3 - Axar (47) requires three wickets to complete 50 wickets in T20 internationals.

5 - Washington Sundar (95) is five scalps away from reaching the milestone of 100 wickets in T20s.

147 – Rohit (3853) needs 147 runs to complete 4000 runs in T20Is.

7 - Najibullah Zadran (93) needs seven sixes to complete 100 sixes in T20Is.

2 - Mohammad Nabi (98) requires two sixes to reach 100 maximums in the shortest international format.

2 - Nabi (198) also needs two sixes to get to 200 sixes across formats.

3 - Karim Janat (97) is three scalps away from completing 100 wickets in T20 games.