IND Vs AFG Highlights, One-Off Test Day 3: India Hammer Afghanistan By Innings And 300 Runs To Register Biggest Win

Hello, we’re back for Day 3 of the one-off Test between India and Afghanistan. Stay tuned for live updates.

The India vs Afghanistan one-off Test match will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network and streamed live on the JioHotstar app and website.

According to AccuWeather, New Chandigarh is set for a hot Day 3, with temperatures starting around 33°C in the morning and rising to nearly 41°C by late afternoon. There is no rain forecast, ensuring uninterrupted play, though the intense heat could prove challenging for both players and spectators.

Morne Morkel rings the bell as play resumes. Azmatullah Omarzai walks out to the crease, with Manav Suthar set to complete the over. India start aggressively with a slip, gully, and silly mid-off in place, hunting early wickets.

Azmatullah Omarzai departs for a 10-ball duck after a costly error. Looking to drive a full delivery outside off, he plays away from his body and gets a thick inside edge that crashes back into the off stump. Afghanistan lose another wicket, and India tighten their grip on the Test.

AFG 118/6 (44.2)

Rahmat Shah brings up a fighting half-century, his sixth in Test cricket. A controlled pull shot off a short ball looked destined for a single, but a costly fumble from Kuldeep Yadav in the deep allows the ball to trickle away for four. A fortunate boundary, but a well-earned milestone for Rahmat amid Afghanistan's struggles.

AFG 123/6 (46)

Concern for Afghanistan as Sharafuddin Ashraf appears to be in some discomfort. The team physio has rushed onto the field to assess him, with attention focused on the area he had injured earlier. Afghanistan will be hoping it's nothing serious as play pauses momentarily.

AFG 133/6 (51.1)

Wicket! Another Afghani wicket and it was debutant Manav Suthar, who got his first wicket of the day and fourth of the innings as he gets Sharafuddin Ashraf caught behind the wicket. Ashraf clears his leg and swings across the line and ends up getting an outside edge, while Pant makes no mistake and takes a safe catch. The umpire at first doesn't hear the edge but India takes a review and the technology clearly shows a deflection, ending Sharafuddin's stay at the crease.

AFG 143/7 (56)

The Indian spin duo of Washington Sundar and Manav Suthar takes last three wickets of Afghanistan in quick succession to bundle them for just 152 in the first innings, to give India a massive first innings lead of 412 runs. It turned out to be a dream debut for Manav Suthar, who registered a six-wicket haul to his name in his very first test match, while Prasidh Krishna also shone with a three-for.

AFG 152 (58.4)

India have decided to induce a follow-on and India players are back in the innings for the third innings of the match. Sediqullah Atal and Abdul Malik will start the innings for the Afghan Atalans while Manav Suthar will take on the new ball for India.

AFG 4/0 (1)

The umpires call it Lunch and a mini-win for Afghanistan as they manage to keep all their wickets intact in the brief passage of play before the end of the first session. Southpaw Sediqullah Atal has come out with an aggressive approach against Manav Suthar in this innings as the ball spins it for him and races off to 16 not out off just 12 balls. It will be a different challenge for Indian bowlers and fielders to replicate their first innings show with the ball again under the scorching heat of Mullanpur.

AFG 18/0 (4)

The players are back in the field for the second session of Day 2. Manav Suthar will started the proceedings for India with both Afghan batter playing him cautiously to get back into the grove of test match batting. Afghanistan batters will have to approach their with a mix of aggression and caution as they cannot play the Indian spinners with a dead bat. They'll have to take some occasional chances to put Indian bowlers under pressure.

AFG 19/0 (5)

The Afghanistan openers have arrived with a better approach in the second innings as compared to their last one. It's been ten overs into the innings and they haven't still lost any wicket, with 30 runs on the board. While the pacers haven't been that effective yet, Manav Suthar is getting purchase from the wicket and has beaten the bat of both batters quite a few times but haven't got any success yet.

AFG 31/0 (11)

Wicket! Mohammed Siraj draws the first blood for India as he traps Abdul Malik in front of wickets. Siraj beat the bat of left-handed Sediqullah Atal quite a few times with his beautiful away swingers but wasn't able to get success but as soon as he comes against Abdul Malik he brings the ball in a ball sharpy that thudded into Malik's pads, resulting in his dismissal.

AFG 42/1 (13.1)

After losing the wicket of Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal (37*) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (23*) have stitched an unbeaten 2nd wicket stand of 28 runs. Gurbaz smacked Kuldeep Yadav for a boundary and a six to convey that Afghanistan batters won't go down without putting up a fight.

AFG 70/1 (18)

Just as it was looking that Afghanistan batters are finding their feat on the ground with a partnership between Sediqullah Atal and Rahmanullah Gurbaz but they made a mess of the foundation by losing back-to-back wickets in an effort to be aggressive. While Gurbaz skied a loopy full ball into the hands of long-on fielder, Rahmat Shah tried to clear a wide mid-off fielder but ended up giving a straightforward catch to him.

AFG 88/3 (24)

Afghanistan lose their fifth wicket on the brink of tea and it's the well-set Sediqullah Atal, who takes the long-walk back to the dressing room this time. It was a tossed up delivery by Washington Sundar inviting Atal, who took the bait and tried to loft it over covers fielder but the ball dropped in front of him and spun, resulting in the batter getting a thick edge into the hands of backward point fielder.

AFG 98/5 (29)

Afghanistan resume under pressure after losing wickets in a cluster during the afternoon session. Omarzai joins Zazai at the crease as they look to delay the inevitable, while Manav Suthar has the ball in hand to begin the final session.

Afsar Zazai is trapped plumb in front after being brilliantly set up by the debutant spinner. After teasing him with flight, Suthar fires one through quicker, catching Zazai rooted to the crease. The ball beats the inside edge and crashes into the front pad, with ball-tracking confirming three reds. Zazai departs for 8, and Suthar now has seven wickets in the match as India move another step closer to wrapping up Afghanistan's innings.

Washington Sundar joins the party as Azmatullah Omarzai holes out trying to take the aggressive route. The all-rounder goes for a slog sweep against the flighted delivery but only manages to sky it towards deep field. Kuldeep Yadav keeps his composure near the boundary and completes a safe catch. Afghanistan are falling apart, and India are now firmly on course to finish the job today.

AFG 106/7 (33)

Nangeyalia Kharote can't handle the extra bounce and chips it straight to Manav Suthar at point. A comfortable catch, Afghanistan are now eight down, and India are just two wickets away from victory.

Kuldeep Yadav wraps it up in style! Saleem Safi falls first ball, miscuing a slog against a cleverly disguised googly, with Sai Sudharsan taking a simple catch at cover. Sharafuddin Ashraf is unable to bat, and that signals the end of the contest. India seal a crushing innings-and-300-run victory, completing a dominant all-round performance in the one-off Test.

That's a wrap! That's a wrap from our end, we'll be back soon with another blog, until then, bye bye.