India vs Afghanistan Live Score, 2nd T20I: Sanju Samson, Nitish Reddy shine as India beat Afghanistan by 7 wi

Stormed through the gates - It wasn't a daunting target for India to chase down, echoing the same story from the first T20I, where they had cruised home chasing 157 in under 14 overs. The only subplot worth watching was Samson, who badly needed a big score to break the string of low scores. He answered emphatically with a 20-ball half-century. Starting watchfully, Sanju soon cut loose, and India stormed to 82/0 by the end of the Powerplay. There was a mix of dexterity and brutality to Samson's innings, one that ended up stealing the spotlight even from Abhishek's blazing knock at the other end.. 4.55 pm GMT (10.25 pm IST) - This is dominance at its very best from the Men in Blue as they win the series 2-0 with a game to go. And Sanjay Manjrekar on air informs that India haven't lost a single bilateral T20I series since 2019 at home, which further stamps how commanding they have been in front of their home crowd. Afghanistan, on the other hand, yet again failed to post enough runs on the board and were absolutely outdone by the batting mayhem that the Indian top order unleashed at them..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 163/3 (14.5 overs) 14.5: Rashid Khan to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! A bit of a mishit, but that is enough to seal the deal. India win by 7 wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in this three-match series. Serves the googly, does Rashid, and it is bowled from well behind the stumps, full and on off. Kishan presses forward and has a swing at it. The ball spins away, and Kishan ends up slicing it off the outer half. He clears the man at extra cover, and the ball trickles into the fence.. A bit of a chat between Rashid and Tilak as Afghanistan reviewed it for LBW. But it ends up in a hearty laugh from both..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 159/3 (14.4 overs) 14.4: Rashid Khan to Tilak Varma, Scores are now level! Tossed up, turning in, on middle. Varma lunges and reaches the pitch of the ball to flick it through mid-wicket. Half a shout for LBW from Rashid Khan, but it is turned down. The bat and the front leg seemed to be close to each other and Rashid feels that the ball hit the pad/toe first. Ibrahim Zadran takes a chance with the review. The third umpire does not even need UltraEdge, as the front-on replay shows that the front leg was away from the line of the ball, and the ball came right off the blade..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 158/3 (14.3 overs) 14.3: Rashid Khan to Tilak Varma, Lovely bowling! Rashid switches to around the wicket and dishes out the googly, around off. Varma stays back to a full ball. He looks to defend but is squared up by the turn and is beaten past the outside edge..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 158/3 (14.2 overs) 14.2: Rashid Khan to Ishan Kishan, Short and wide on off. Kishan frees his arms and slaps it to backward point, where the fielder gets low to make the stop but he fumbles and concedes a single. Rashid is not happy one bit..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 157/3 (14.1 overs) 14.1: Rashid Khan to Tilak Varma, Full and on the pads. Tilak helps it wide of short fine leg and hurries to the other end..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 156/3 (13.6 overs) 13.6: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Power followed by finesse! Mujeeb drags the length back, around off. Ishan waits for it on the back foot and cuts it late to thread the gap between short third and backward point for a boundary. 17 runs off the over. India need 4 more runs..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 152/3 (13.5 overs) 13.5: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Sensational hit from Ishan! Sliding into the batter, full in length, Kishan skips down the track and sails it cleanly over long on for a huge six..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 146/3 (13.4 overs) 13.4: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Finds the gap! Very full from Mujeeb on this occasion, on middle and leg. Ishan sits down on a knee and powerfully sweeps it to the left of deep square leg for a cracking boundary..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 142/3 (13.3 overs) 13.3: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, Slows it up, on a fullish length, at 91 kph, on off. Tilak knocks it to long on for a run..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 141/3 (13.2 overs) 13.2: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, Short and quick, at 103 kph and outside off, Ishan backs away and hammers it to long off for a single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 140/3 (13.1 overs) 13.1: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, Off-break, a touch full on off, Tilak plays off the back foot and steers it to deep square leg for a single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 139/3 (12.6 overs) 12.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ishan Kishan, Takes pace off and deceives Ishan completely. Short and jagging in off the pitch. Kishan swings to pull but he is early on the shot and gets beaten on the inside edge. The ball strikes him around his ribs and he winces in a bit of pain..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 139/3 (12.5 overs) 12.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, Short of a length, on top of off. Tilak hops on the toes and tucks it to deep mid-wicket for an easy single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 138/3 (12.5 overs) 12.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, WIDE! Reload! Digs in a slower bumper, but it nips down the leg stump. Varma gets inside the line but misses to connect the pull shot. The ball bounces behind to Gurbaz..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 137/3 (12.4 overs) 12.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, Nagging length, outside off, Varma hangs back and punches it to the fielder at cover..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 137/3 (12.3 overs) 12.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, At pace now, 133 kph, on a good length, on the leg stump. This is nudged off the back foot by Tilak and with soft hands, through mid-wicket. The fielder dashes in off the ropes and the batters pick up two quick runs. India need 25 runs to win!.India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 135/3 (12.2 overs) 12.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ishan Kishan, Slower one again, into the pitch, on top of off. Ishan controls the pull shot along the ground towards deep backward square leg for one more..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 134/3 (12.1 overs) 12.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tilak Varma, Farooqi is now introduced into the attack! Starts off with a pace off length ball, on off, Tilak pulls it off the back foot to deep square leg for a single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 133/3 (11.6 overs) 11.6: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, Bowls it full on the pads, Tilak lunges and clips it wide of deep mid-wicket for a single. India need just 27 runs from 48 balls..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 132/3 (11.5 overs) 11.5: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Skilfully played by Varma! Mujeeb shortens the length, around the off stump, Tilak Varma picks the googly, transfers his weight onto the back foot and cuts it marvellously through backward point for a boundary..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 128/3 (11.4 overs) 11.4: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, Beaten! Spins away very sharply, short and outside off. Tilak is hurried by the pace and is beaten on the cut shot..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 128/3 (11.3 overs) 11.3: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, Drags the length back, does Mujeeb, on off. Ishan tucks it across and down to long on for one more..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 127/3 (11.2 overs) 11.2: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Tilak Varma, Pushed through, full on middle and leg, Tilak leans on and works it to long on for a single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 126/3 (11.1 overs) 11.1: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, Flatter and fuller on the leg stump, sliding in. Ishan stands tall and clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.. Still no Fazalhaq Farooqi. Mujeeb Ur Rahman comes back. He went for 12 runs in his only over so far..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 125/3 (10.6 overs) 10.6: Rashid Khan to Ishan Kishan, Spins in from around the stump, Ishan cuts the length ball wide of point for a single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 124/3 (10.5 overs) 10.5: Rashid Khan to Tilak Varma, Short on the pads, tickled to the leg side for a single.. Tilak Varma is in at number 5..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 123/3 (10.4 overs) 10.4: Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Fantastic reflexes from the Afghan skipper and Rashid has three wickets to his name. He dishes out a full ball, on the off stump line and gets a good bit of purchase off the track. The ball also shoots low off the surface as Shreyas shapes up to play the late cut, but only manages a thick outside edge. The ball goes low to the right of Ibrahim Zadran at first slip. Ibrahim is a bit late to react to take the catch around his right shin, and almost shells the catch, with the ball threatening to bobble out of his hands, but dives to his left and takes it on the second attempt. India are 123/3, needing 37 runs from 56 balls..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 123/2 (10.3 overs) 10.3: Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Bowls it full and flat, on a length, Iyer knocks it hard to covers..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 123/2 (10.2 overs) 10.2: Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Glorious hit! Serves a friendly half-volley, around the off stump, does Rashid. Shreyas takes a step forward and effortlessly hoists it over deep extra cover for a six. Rashid, too, admires that shot from the Indian captain..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 117/2 (10.1 overs) 10.1: Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Floats it full and on middle, Iyer leans on and drives it inside out to short cover.. Drinks Break! No boundaries in the last couple of overs for India. It was non-stop action from the first over, though, with Samson and Abhishek taking the Afghan bowlers to the cleaners. But Rashid, with a double whammy, sending both Indian openers packing, has slowed things down a bit. However, the asking rate is just 4.3 as they need 43 runs from 60 balls and they have eight wickets in the tank. If Afghanistan are to turn this one around from here, they will have to mount a miraculous comeback with a string of wickets, as India bat very deep..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 117/2 (9.6 overs) 9.6: Noor Ahmad to Ishan Kishan, Good effort in the field! Fractionally short, on middle. Kishan uses his feet and whips it away towards long on. Mohammad Nabi is quick to his left and dives to prevent the boundary, saving a couple of runs for his side..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 115/2 (9.5 overs) 9.5: Noor Ahmad to Shreyas Iyer, Googly now, on the shorter side, on middle. Shreyas waits back and nurdles it square on the leg side for another single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 114/2 (9.4 overs) 9.4: Noor Ahmad to Ishan Kishan, Dropped short again, around leg. Kishan rocks back and pulls it to deep backward square leg for a single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 113/2 (9.3 overs) 9.3: Noor Ahmad to Ishan Kishan, Missed out! Dragged down, around leg. Kishan goes hard on the pull but gets it off the gloves and it rolls to short fine leg..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 113/2 (9.2 overs) 9.2: Noor Ahmad to Ishan Kishan, More air given, full and on off. Kishan hammers it back to the bowler. Noor makes a half-stop in his follow-through. It is parried to his left, where the mid-wicket fielder tidies up..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 113/2 (9.1 overs) 9.1: Noor Ahmad to Shreyas Iyer, Looped up, on the pads. Iyer turns it to deep square leg for a single..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 112/2 (8.6 overs) 8.6: Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Serves the googly, not all that short to go on the back foot but Iyer does so. He just about gets his bat in line with the ball. Ekes out an inside edge behind square leg for a single. First over in this innings in which Afghanistan did not concede a boundary..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 111/2 (8.5 overs) 8.5: Rashid Khan to Ishan Kishan, Just out of reach! On a good length, turning back, on middle. Kishan charges down the track but is not to the pitch of the ball. Chips it down the deck, where Rashid dives to his left and opts to go for the catch with his right hand rather than the left. The ball stays out of his reach and dribbles down to long on. They cross..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 110/2 (8.4 overs) 8.4: Rashid Khan to Ishan Kishan, Nearly ran past the ball, did Kishan! At 97 kph, it is the googly, spinning away, outside off, on a nagging length. Kishan gives the bowler the premeditated charge. He does not get to the pitch of the ball and ends up padding it away..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 110/2 (8.3 overs) 8.3: Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Attacking the front pad at 97 kph, on a length. Iyer brings his bat out in front and eases it to long on for one more run..India vs Afghanistan Live Score 2nd T20I: 109/2 (8.2 overs) 8.2: Rashid Khan to Ishan Kishan, On off, stays full, Kishan drives it to long off and turns the strike over.