Afghanistan stumble against India spinners

Mar 05, 2014

Nawroz Mangal opened the batting instead of Mohammad Shahzad as Afghanistan were asked to bat. But he could only add 5 before being bowled by Mohammad Shami•AFP

R Ashwin picked up a wicket off his first ball too, getting Najibullah Zadran caught at mid-on•AFP

Samiullah Shenwari led a lone battle, scoring a fighting half-century that helped Afghanistan to 159•AFP

Rahane and Dhawan added 121 for the first wicket. It was the first instance of a team putting up a century opening stand against Afghanistan•AFP

Ravindra Jadeja struck twice in his first over to dent Afghanistan's innings•AFP

Afghanistan's situation worsened when their captain, Mohammad Nabi, was caught behind of Jadeja. They were 83 for 6•AFP

Ajinkya Rahane opened the innings instead of Rohit Sharma and scored a half-century•AFP

Mirwais Ashraf trapped Rahane when the batsman played across the line. He scored 56•AFP

The spinners kept the pressure on the incoming batsmen and India picked up the eighth wicket for 111•AFP

Shikhar Dhawan was dropped at point once, but reached his fifty off 68 balls•AFP

Dhawan was dismissed for 60, but Dinesh Karthik and Rohit Sharma completed the chase without much fuss•AFP