The Indian males’s cricket staff clinched the gold medal on its Asian Games debut after their remaining in opposition to Afghanistan was known as off as a result of rain, and the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led aspect was adjudged winners by advantage of being seeded larger within the continental showpiece on Saturday.
Indian gamers have fun after successful the Men’s Gold Medal cricket match in opposition to Afghanistan on the nineteenth Asian Games, in Hangzhou(PTI)
Put in to bat, Afghanistan have been 112 for five in 18.2 overs when persistent rain halted the proceedings on the Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, and the match by no means restarted from that time.
The Afghans had a jittery begin and have been diminished to 12/3 inside 4 overs after their top-three — Zubaid Akbari (5), Mohammad Shahzad (4) and Noor Ali Zadran (1) — fell cheaply.
Shivam Dube (1-0-4-1) acquired the primary breakthrough when he had Akbari in his first over. Akbari perished going for a hook shot to a rising supply by the Indian pacer.
In the following over, wicketkeeper-batter Shahzad was caught behind off a supply from left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh (3-0-17-1).
The Afghans dedicated a harakiri when Zadran was run out after a Ravi Bishnoi throw from deep square-leg helped Jitesh Sharma uproot the stumps.
Shahidullah then revived their innings scoring an unbeaten 43-ball 49 (3×4, 2×6) in a partnership with Afsar Zazai (15).
But India struck again when leg-spinner Bishnoi (4-0-12-1) broke the 37-run partnership, cleansing up Zazai with a unsuitable one.
From the opposite finish, left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed castled Karim Janat for 1.
That introduced skipper Gulbadin Naib to the crease and he shared a 60-run partnership with Shahidullah to present some respectability to the Afghanistan complete earlier than their progress was hindered.
The match couldn’t resume and the match referee from Sri Lanka Graeme Labrooy deserted the match as India sealed their maiden gold in cricket on the Asian Games.
Brief scores: Afghanistan 112/5 in 18.2 overs (Shahidullah 49 not out) vs India. (Match deserted)
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