3rd Match: India Vs Afghanistan
Most awaited T-20 World Cup game for the Afghans were against the Indians as India won the toss and the skipper chose to field first. The opener Karim Sadiq was not able to score even a single run but the skipper of the Afghan team was able to make a half century. Ashish Nehra took 3 wickets to shake the good batting line-up of the Afghans. Only Asghar Stanikzai was able to help Afgan team to have a pretty good total of 115/8 at the end of the 1st Innings. Gautham Gambhir was not able to build up a great partnership with Murali Vijay as he scored only 4 runs off 6 balls. But Murali Vijay score 48 off 46 balls which made the Indians very easily reach the target. Moreover, the middle order batsmen Yuvaraj and Raina with the skipper contributed for the Indian Victory. As Ashish Nehra was able to take 3 strong wickets to elope the Afghans, he was made the Man of the Match. The Umpires were Aleem Dar of Pakistan and M Erasmus of South Africa. SJA Taufel of Australia was the third umpire. RS Madugalle of Sri Lanka was the Referee and EAR de Silva of Sri Lanka as reserve umpire.