India vs Afghanistan, Test, Day 2 - Live Cricket Score: India all out for 474.
The heat is on Afghanistan. First, their aim will be to score 275 to make India bat again and drag this game into Day 5. But they need to target small pockets - Drinks after Lunch, then till Lunch and so on. The task of batting till Stumps today itself is a big one - but if they do achieve that and manage to bat for a good portion of the first session tomorrow, it will be a good fightback.
One has got to feel for the Afghanistan bowlers. The pressure got to them. But they managed to stave off some of that. They bounced back from India being 280/1 at one stage to have them reeling at Stumps last evening, only to let them run away for a sprint this morning. Yamin Ahmadzai was the pick of the bowlers. He bowled with intent and ended up with a 3-per but the others, including Rashid, were ordinary. The spinners did pose some threat last evening but that was it. Nothing in the other 3 sessions overall.
A decent total posted by India but as has been the everlasting concern, it has been built on the foundation laid by the top three. The middle order has not contributed much, which could be worrying about better oppositions. Save aside Hardik Pandya's knock, there was nothing much to write about once Rahul was dismissed.
The visitors managed to get rid of Ashwin fairly early this morning but then the last 3 wickets added 105. Hardik Pandya scored the bulk of those, as expected, carting the bowling to all parts. He made a quickfire 71 from 94 balls but then what hurt Afghanistan even more was Umesh Yadav's cameo of an unbeaten 26 from 21 balls, with 2 fours and 2 sixes.
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One has got to feel for the Afghanistan bowlers. The pressure got to them. But they managed to stave off some of that. They bounced back from India being 280/1 at one stage to have them reeling at Stumps last evening, only to let them run away for a sprint this morning. Yamin Ahmadzai was the pick of the bowlers. He bowled with intent and ended up with a 3-per but the others, including Rashid, were ordinary. The spinners did pose some threat last evening but that was it. Nothing in the other 3 sessions overall.
A decent total posted by India but as has been the everlasting concern, it has been built on the foundation laid by the top three. The middle order has not contributed much, which could be worrying about better oppositions. Save aside Hardik Pandya's knock, there was nothing much to write about once Rahul was dismissed.
The visitors managed to get rid of Ashwin fairly early this morning but then the last 3 wickets added 105. Hardik Pandya scored the bulk of those, as expected, carting the bowling to all parts. He made a quickfire 71 from 94 balls but then what hurt Afghanistan even more was Umesh Yadav's cameo of an unbeaten 26 from 21 balls, with 2 fours and 2 sixes.
Read more on https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/afghanistan-tour-of-india/live-cricket-score-india-vs-afghanistan-only-test-day-2-bangalore/liveblog/64596270.cms
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