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IND vs AFG Live Score, One-Off Test Match Day 2: India declare at 564/8 after Washington Sundar's fifty
The hosts had earlier declared after Washington Sundar hit a composed 52 not out, his sixth Test fifty, and Mohammed Siraj produced an entertaining cameo of 22 off 12 balls. Captain Shubman Gill declared soon after Sundar reached his fifty, giving his bowlers two full sessions to put Afghanistan under the pump.
Afghanistan’s reply faltered almost immediately. Abdul Malik attempted to counterattack but was undone by Suthar’s sharp turn – on a sweep, he gave a top-edge to backward square leg. After the tea break was over, Prasidh Krishna produced a lovely nip-backer to uproot Sediqullah Atal’s stumps.
Suthar, operating with remarkable control and brisk pace, bowled maiden after maiden to keep the batters on a lid. His accuracy was rewarded again when Rahmanullah Gurbaz nicked to slip, where a sharp catch was taken.
Rahmat Shah provided the only semblance of stability for Afghanistan, reaching 43 not out by stumps and becoming the first Afghanistan player to cross 1000 Test runs. Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav also kept the pressure on, ensuring Afghanistan never found rhythm.
His 36-run partnership with Hashmatullah Shahidi briefly steadied the innings. But Prasidh struck again to trap Shahidi lbw, leaving the visitors in deeper trouble. Afsar Zazai’s resistance ended in dramatic fashion as he closed the bat face too early and offered a simple return catch to Suthar, who ended his first day of bowling in Test cricket on a high. Afghanistan, meanwhile, now face a daunting task to avoid follow-on
Hashmatullah Shahidi to KL Rahul, Tossed up, around off, KL Rahul presses close to the ball and blocks it.
- Sai Sudharsan 32 (45)
- KL Rahul 36 (68)
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Full and on off, Sai Sudharsan dead bats it.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Short of a length, around off, turning away from the batter. Sai Sudharsan gets up on his toes and punches this to extra cover.
Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Pushed through on middle and off, KL Rahul pushes this down to long on for one.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Abdul bowls this around the nagging length, on middle and leg, Sai Sudharsan tucks this through mid-wicket for a single.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Full and wide outside off, Sai Sudharsan leaves it.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Put away! Short of a length, on middle and off, does keep a tad low. Sai Sudharsan pulls this off his back foot, but the bottom hand comes off the handle. The ball races to the deep mid-wicket fence for four. The 50-run stand comes up with this boundary.
- KL Rahul 35 (67)
- Sai Sudharsan 27 (40)
Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Kharote drifts this into Rahul, around off. The batter offers an angled bat and runs this towards the third man region for two.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Quicker and flatter on middle and off, Sai Sudharsan punches this down to long on for a single.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Pushed through on the pads, Sai Sudharsan nudges this to mid-wicket.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fired onto the pads, Sai Sudharsan rolls his wrists and tucks this to short fine leg.
Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Flighted this time, from Nangeyalia Kharote. Rahul pushes this down to long off for a single.
Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Fuller around off, KL Rahul drives this to extra cover for no run.
- Sai Sudharsan 26 (37)
- KL Rahul 32 (64)
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Darted into the batter, Sai tucks this to mid-wicket.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, NO BALL! Tosses it up, around off, Sai Sudharsan drives this to covers. The siren goes around as Abdul has overstepped here.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller around off, Sai Sudharsan leaves it.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Sai is playing the risky game by going onto his back foot on this track. A bit more air, not all that short and on off, Sai Sudharsan rocks back and tucks this to mid-wicket.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Tossed up, around off, Sai Sudharsan defends this underneath his eyeline.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller on off, Sai Sudharsan blocks this out.
Abdul Malik to Sai Sudharsan, Too risky from Sai. Quicker one, around off, Sai Sudharsan backs away, exposes his off stump and cuts, but silly point gets in the way.
- KL Rahul 32 (64)
- Sai Sudharsan 26 (30)
Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, FOUR! Up and over. Flighted, around middle and leg, KL Rahul clears his front foot, plants it towards the leg side and lofts this behind the mid on fielder for a boundary. This was more from the inside portion of the bat.
Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Full and on off, KL Rahul pushes this to covers.
Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Kharote drags his length back, on off, KL Rahul defends this one.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Tossed up, on middle and leg, Sai Sudharsan flicks this down to long on for a single.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller and flatter, around off, Sai Sudharsan comes onto his front foot and dead bats it.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fired around off, Sai Sudharsan rocks back inside his crease and blocks this one.
- KL Rahul 28 (61)
- Sai Sudharsan 25 (27)
Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Wristy from Rahul. Tossed up, on middle and off, KL Rahul rolls his wrists, closes his bat face and works this towards short leg.
Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Full and on off, KL Rahul defends this towards the leg side.
Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Tossed up, on middle and leg, KL Rahul tucks this on the bounce to short leg.
Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Quicker one, on off, KL Rahul defends this out.
Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Pushed through on off, KL Rahul works this a bit aerially towards the mid-wicket region but well short of the catching fielder. A touch of grip here for Abdul Malik.
Abdul Malik to KL Rahul, Fuller, around off, KL Rahul flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs.
It will be spin from both ends as Abdul Malik will bowl his off-breaks now.
- Sai Sudharsan 25 (27)
- KL Rahul 26 (55)
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! A boundary to end the over. Not a bad start to Kharote's Test career, despite going for 8 runs. Flighted, around off, Sai Sudharsan goes down on his knee and sweeps this in front of square towards the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary.
Nangeyalia Kharote to KL Rahul, Floated onto the pads, KL Rahul tucks this through the empty pocket towards fine leg. Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes after it from first slip and hauls it in. Three runs taken.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, DROPPED! Sai Sudharsan is dropped on 20 by Rahmanullah Gurbaz at first slip. Straight one, wide of off, Sudharsan presses onto his front foot and goes for a block, but the ball catches the outside edge. It goes low to Gurbaz at slip, who sticks out the right hand. Gurbaz gets fingertips to it, but cannot pouch this. A single taken.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Quicker one, wide of off, Sai Sudharsan offers nothing at it.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Floated wide outside off, Sai Sudharsan leaves it.
Nangeyalia Kharote to Sai Sudharsan, Fuller one, turning back into the batter. Sai Sudharsan rocks back and blocks this towards the leg side.
With about 25 minutes left for the Lunch break, we will have the first look at spin. It will be the debutant left-arm finger spinner, Nangeyalia Kharote.
- Sai Sudharsan 20 (22)
- KL Rahul 23 (54)
Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Good length, on the pads, Sai Sudharsan gets up on his toes while hopping back inside the crease and flicks this through square leg for a single.
Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Full and wide of off, Sai Sudharsan strides close to the pitch of the ball and drives this from the bottom of his bat towards short cover.
Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Back of a length, on off, Sai Sudharsan nudges this to mid-wicket.
Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Saleem bowls a good-length delivery on middle and off, Sai Sudharsan defends this one.
Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Probably the best one Sai Sudharsan has sent to the fence this morning. A touch too full and a bit too straight as well. On the pads, Sai Sudharsan punches this off his front foot past mid on to his right for four runs.
Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, WIDE! Bouncer, down the leg side. Sai Sudharsan sits underneath it. The ball is deemed a bit too high by the umpire as he calls it a wide.
Mohammad Saleem to Sai Sudharsan, Full and across the batter, on off. Sai Sudharsan blocks this off his front foot.
- KL Rahul 23 (54)
- Sai Sudharsan 15 (16)
Azmatullah Omarzai to KL Rahul, Good length, on off, KL Rahul rises with the bounce and punches this to short cover.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, Azmatullah Omarzai comes around the stumps, bowls it on a length, in the line of the sticks. Sai Sudharsan gets it tickled to fine leg for a single.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Third boundary already for Sai Sudharsan. A touch wayward from Omarzai as he dishes this on a good length but down the leg side. Sai Sudharsan flicks this through the square leg region for a boundary.
Pant, who resumed his innings alongside skipper Shubman Gill, mixed his trademark aggression with unusual restraint during a 121-ball stay that included six fours and three sixes. Rather than attacking every delivery, the wicketkeeper-batter picked his moments carefully and looked set for a century before debutant left-arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote outfoxed him with a slower delivery. Pant charged down the track but failed to get to the pitch of the ball, offering a simple catch.
Earlier, Gill added 23 runs to his overnight score before Mohammad Saleem produced a fine delivery that moved away just enough to induce an edge and end the Indian captain's innings at 126. The dismissal broke a 169-run partnership.
Saleem struck again when Dhruv Jurel misjudged one that reversed sharply to crash into his off-stump. The Afghanistan pacer emerged as the visitors' standout performer with figures of 4 for 109.
Azmatullah Omarzai impressed with the second new ball and repeatedly beat the bat without reward. At the interval, Washington Sundar and debutant Manav Suthar were unbeaten on 14 and 9 respectively as India remained firmly on course for a mammoth first-innings total.
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Venue
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
