Afghanistan vs India , 3rd T20I at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi , IND in AFG, 3 T20Is, 2026 , Sep 17, 2026 Scorecard

19.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Axar Patel, Decision upheld! Full and shaping in and around middle, Axar goes for the heave across the line, but gets an inside edge onto the pad, and is struck on the back leg before the ball rolls away to the off side. The LBW appeal goes up, but the umpire's finger stays down. Zadran sends it upstairs for a review. UltraEdge picks up a spike as the ball brushes the bat on its way through, backing the not-out call. They cross and India finish on 221/7, with just 6 runs coming from the last over.

19.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Axar Patel, Cannoned in full on middle, Axar backs away and carves it over cover-point and they charge back for the second run. Azmatullah Omarzai runs to his left and gets rid of the ball quickly, throwing it on the bounce to the keeper. But Axar scrambles back in before Gurbaz whips the bails off. Two runs taken.

19.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! SHREYAS IYER IS RUN OUT! Superb fielding display by the Afghans as this is the third run out of the evening. Geez, they have darted some straight on the stumps. Very full and outside the off stump. Iyer smashes it to the left of the cover fielder and dashes off for a single, but the fielder, Ibrahim Zadran picks the ball quickly and nails the direct hit to the bowling end, catching Iyer short by a country-mile.

19.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shreyas Iyer, Buzzers! Another well-executed yorker from Farooqi, on middle, Shreyas Iyer shovels it to the short third region and calls Axar through for a single. The fielder there has a shy at the batting end, but misses and it rolls wide of mid off. The batters attempt the second run, and although there is a direct hit, Axar is comfortably in.

19.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shreyas Iyer, Excellent delivery! Uses a wider angle from around the stump and nails the yorker, around off. Shreyas Iyer tries to pierce the backward point and short third gap, but his bat comes down a millisecond late after the ball zips through to the keeper.

19.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Axar Patel, Full and speared straight on off, Axar powers it down to the left of long off for a run.

18.6: Abdollah Ahmadzai to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! After a while and Iyer finally gets one away. Slightly errs in both line and length, does Abdollah. It is a half-volley, outside off. Shreyas Iyer uses the depth of the crease by going back, frees his arms and swings it over wide long off for a cracking six.

18.5: Abdollah Ahmadzai to Shreyas Iyer, Full and outside off, Iyer powerfully carves it to the left of long off and they amble through for a couple of runs.

18.4: Abdollah Ahmadzai to Axar Patel, Full toss, outside off, Axar mistimes the shot and slices it to deep cover for a single.

18.3: Abdollah Ahmadzai to Nitish Kumar Reddy, OUT! CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! Maiden T20I wicket for Abdollah Ahmadzai as he has his arms aloft. It's a special moment for any bowler to get the first wicket representing his nation. Bowls it full and on the leg stump line. Nitish Kumar Reddy clears the front leg and tries to smoke it over deep mid-wicket, but he does not get the required timing or elevation and offers a straightforward catch to Mujeeb Ur Rahman patrolling the fence there. India slip down to 206/6 with 9 balls left.

18.2: Abdollah Ahmadzai to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Swing and a miss! Wide yorker from Abdollah, at pace. Nitish Kumar Reddy swings for the hills, but fails to get any sort of a connection.

18.1: Abdollah Ahmadzai to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Well-bowled! Hammers the yorker in, around off, Reddy jams the bat down, opens the face to squeeze it away, but the ball sneaks below his bat and rolls back to the keeper.

17.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Wide full toss, outside off, Reddy smashes it to long off for a single.

17.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! ISHAN KISHAN IS RUN OUT! Superb effort from Gurbaz to send Kishan packing. Bowled from around the stumps, and it is a wide yorker, outside off, slanted across the batter. Shreyas throws kitchen-sink at it to loft it over covers, but the ball gets squeezed off the underedge and rolls to the right of the keeper. Rahmanullah Gurbaz dives to his right and makes a half-stop with the ball getting deflected to his right. Looking at that, the batters try to pinch in a single, but Gurbaz does well to remove his gloves first, collect the ball and score a direct hit at the batting end with Kishan out by a fair bit. India are 205/5, with 13 balls remaining.

17.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ishan Kishan, The last boundary was hit on 15.4. So this has been an excellent little phase for Afghanistan. Farooqi nails the yorker in, on off, Ishan is quick to jam the bat down and carves it to widish point for a single.

17.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shreyas Iyer, Back to around the stump to the right-hander. Overpitched on off, Shreyas lofts it on the bounce to Nabi at long on for just a single.

17.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ishan Kishan, Nearly a yorker on the leg stump, at 132 kph, from over the stump. Ishan backs away to make room and drags it to widish long on for a single.

17.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Shreyas Iyer, Very full from around the stump. Angled in from off, Shreyas tries to whip it across, but gets a bit of an inside edge onto the pad. The ball deflects through mid-wicket for a single. Iyer is struggling to get his timing right.