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India defeated Afghanistan in the 2nd T20I in Indore by 6 wickets with the help of brilliant effort from players like Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube. Talking about this game, India winning the toss invited Afghanistan to bat first and restricted them to a total of 172 runs in 20 overs. Team India in reply chased this total convincingly with 26 balls to be spared as Jaiswal and Dube made this target look like a cakewalk.
Numbers and stats from IND vs AFG 2nd T20I:
6 - India have won six T20I matches against Afghanistan overall.
Most matches won against Afghanistan in men's T20I:
- Ireland: 7 (23 games)
- India: 6 (7 games) - 1 NR
- Bangladesh: 5 (11 games)
- West Indies: 4 (7 games)
- Pakistan: 4 (7 games)
6 - Axar Patel has won six Player of the Match awards in T20Is overall.
Most Player of the Match awards in men's T20I for India:
- Virat Kohli - 15 (116 games)
- Suryakumar Yadav - 14 (60 games)
- Rohit Sharma - 12 (150 games)
- Yuvraj Singh - 7 (58 games)
- Axar Patel - 6 (52 games)
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 5 (80 games)
12 - Rohit Sharma has recorded 12 ducks in his T20I career.
Read More: Check who has recorded most ducks in T20Is here
41 - Rohit Sharma has won 41 T20I matches as captain.
Most matches won as captain in T20Is (including bowl out & super over wins):
- Eoin Morgan - 44
- MS Dhoni - 42
- Asghar Afghan - 42
- Babar Azam - 42
- Brian Masaba - 42
- Aaron Finch - 41
- Rohit Sharma - 41
57 - Gulbadin Naib recorded his highest score (57) in T20Is
63 - Shivam Dube recorded his highest score (63*) in T20Is.
200 - Axar Patel completed the milestone of taking 200 wickets in T20 cricket.
Read More: Check out list of bowlers with 200 (or) more wickets in T20 cricket among Indians
