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India will be playing its last T20I series ahead of the much anticipated ICC men's T20 World Cup 2024 which is set to be hosted by the West Indies and USA. Afghanistan, in the recent past, has been a reckoning force in T20Is and could give tough competition to India in the 1st T20I at Mohali while the Men in Blue continue to reign supreme as a strong force in the shortest format.
Numbers and Stats from IND vs AFG 1st T20I match:
0 - Afghanistan has never won a match against India in T20Is.
AFG vs IND in T20Is:
- Played - 5
- Afghanistan - 0
- India - 4
- No Result - 1
3 - India have won 3 out of 4 T20I matches at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
India in T20Is at Mohali:
- Beat SL by 6 wickets in 2009
- Beat AUS by 6 wickets in 2016 T20 WC
- Beat SA by 7 wickets in 2019
- Lost to AUS by 4 wickets in 2022
All four T20I matches at that venue have been won by team fielding first
8 - Post the 2022 T20 World Cup, Afghanistan has won 8 out of 14 matches in T20Is overall.
16 - Post 2022 T20 World Cup, India have won 16 out of 25 matches (NR-1; Tied-1) in T20Is overall.
39 - Rohit Sharma has won 39 T20I matches as captain.
Most matches won as captain in T20Is:
- Eoin Morgan - 44
- MS Dhoni - 42
- Asghar Afghan - 42
- Babar Azam - 42
- Brian Masaba - 42
- Aaron Finch - 41
- Rohit Sharma - 39
59 - Arshdeep Singh has taken the most wickets (59) in T20Is among all Test-playing nations since 2022.
2022 - Rohit Sharma will be playing a T20I for the first time after the ICC men's T20 World Cup 2022.
