Asia Cup 2022: Virat, Bhuvneshwar Shines As India Defeat Afghanistan By 101 Runs, Stats, Records.

Asia Cup 2022: India easily defeated Afghanistan by 101 runs in their most recent match in the Super Four round of the ongoing Asia Cup T20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

India: 212/2 - 20 overs (Virat Kohli 122 not out, KL Rahul 62; Fareed Ahmed 2/57).
Afghanistan: 111/8 - 20 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 64 not out; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/4).

India won by 101 runs.

Player of the Match: Virat Kohli 122* (61)

Asia Cup 2022: The Afghanistan squad achieved 111 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs to successfully chase down India's 213-run goal. Rashid Khan scored 15 runs, Mujeebur Rahman scored 18, while Ibrahim Zadran scored 64 runs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, bowling for India, performed superbly, removing 5 batsmen for only 4 runs in 4 overs.

Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and invited India to bat.

India scored 212 for the loss of 2 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, Virat Kohli scored a magnificent 122 not out. This is Kohli's 71st career century and first Twenty International century.

It should be noted that Afghanistan and India have already been out of the race for the finals. Today, after the victory of India, the journey of both teams in the Asia Cup has come to an end.

Yesterday, Pakistan qualified for the final by defeating Afghanistan after an interesting match. With the victory of the green shirts, the Sri Lankan team, who won both their matches in the Super Four stage and got 4 points, also made it to the final.

India and Afghanistan had lost their respective matches in the Super Four stage. Virat Kohli produced a superb 122 not out as India amassed 212 in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. This century is Kohli's 71st in his career and his first in the Twenty International.

India and Afghanistan were already eliminated from contention for a last spot. The journey of both teams in the Asia Cup has come to an end with India's win.

After a thrilling match, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan to get to the final. The Sri Lankan squad, which won both of its games in the Super Four stage and earned 4 points, also advanced to the final with the triumph of the green shirts.

India and Afghanistan had lost their respective matches in the Super Four stage.

Asia Cup 2022: India defeated Afghanistan in Historic T20I, Stats, Record in Numbers.

1 – Virat Kohli registered his maiden T20I century in his 96th innings.
71 – Kohli is now tied with Ricky Ponting on the second spot for smashing the most hundred (71) in international cricket.
5/4 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved his best bowling figures of 5/4 in T20 internationals.
122* - Kohli recorded his highest score of 122* in all T20 matches.
84 – Bhuvneshwar has now taken the most wickets (84) for India in T20Is..
2 – India registered their second-largest victory in terms of runs (101).
3 – Pacer Bhuvneshwar scripted the third-best T20I figures of 5/4 for India.
104 – Kohli also reached the landmark of 100 maximums in T20I cricket.
43 – Bhuvneshwar has now taken the joint-most wickets (43) with Tim Southee in the first six overs in T20 internationals.
122* - Kohli recorded the highest individual score of 122* for India in the format.
2 – Afghanistan suffered their second-largest defeat in terms of runs (101).
4 - Bhuvneshwar has now conceded the least runs (5/4) amongst the bowlers from full-members who bowled four overs in a T20I innings.
3584 – Kohli completed 3500 runs in the T20I matches. He became the second batter after Rohit Sharma (3620) to achieve the feat.
1 – Bhuvneshwar became the first bowler to bag a five-wicket haul against Afghanistan in the shortest international format.
3 – Fareed Ahmad conceded the third-most runs (2/57) for Afghanistan in an innings.
4 – Kohli is now tied with Kumar Sangakkara in the second position for slamming most tons (4) in Asia Cups (ODI & T20). Sanath Jayasuriya is on top for hitting six centuries.
10 - India have now registered 10 individual centuries which is the most by any team in T20I cricket. New Zealand are on second with nine hundred.
33 - Kohli has now smashed the most 50-plus scores (33) in T20Is. He went past his skipper Rohit Sharma’s tally of 32 such scores.