A mature innings from Shivam Dube in the cold Mohali night helped hosts India beat Afghanistan by six wickets in the AFG vs IND, 1st T20I, and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Dube had previously claimed one of the five wickets the Indian bowling unit scalped on the night when they restricted the visitors to a modest 158-run total in 20 overs. (Match Blog | Scorecard)
Dube's calming innings came in the wake of Afghanistan plucking early wickets, including that of Rohit Sharma, who walked off for zero runs after being caught at the wrong end of the pitch following miscommunication with Shubman Gill. Gill departed after 23 while Tilak Varma added 26 more runs to the board. But, the star of the night, unquestionable, was Dube, whose 60-off-40 saw him win the appreciation and adoration of Indian cricket fans - and most of all, fans of his Indian Premier League side, Chennai Super Kings!
Here's how the social media, and CSK fans in particular, reacted to Dube's masterful display in Mohali.
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Afghanistan vs India, 1st T20I, Playing XIs
India - Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan - Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran (C), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Jannat, Najibullah Zadran, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen Ul Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib
Afghanistan vs India, 1st T20I, Scores
Afghanistan - 158/5 (20 overs); Mohammad Nabi 42(27), Azmatullah Omarzai 29(22)
India - 159/4 (17.3 overs); Shivam Dube 60(4), Jitesh Sharma 31(20)
India won by six wickets.
