Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 17 (ANI): India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy missed the second ODI match towards Afghanistan being performed on the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow attributable to a sore left thigh.
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared the replace put up on X and stated, ‘Nitish Kumar Reddy was unavailable for choice for the second ODI attributable to a sore left thigh. The BCCI Medical Staff is monitoring his progress.’
Younger seamer Prince Yadav was handed his ODI debut cap forward of the match as Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav returned to the enjoying XI, changing Harsh Dubey and Prasidh Krishna.
India had been requested to bat first and on the again of huge centuries from Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan, the hosts posted 402 runs on the board.
Males in Blue began with Yashasvi Jaiswal and veteran Rohit Sharma. Mohammad Saleem Safi acquired the primary breakthrough of the match when he dismissed Jaiswal in his first over.
Gill joined Sharma on the crease after that, and the previous skipper shifted his batting gears. He hit six fours and a few sixes earlier than lacking out on a well-deserved half-century as Rashid Khan bowled him on the rating of 48 runs.
Kishan got here to bat at quantity 4 and saved the scorecard transferring along with his huge photographs.
Gill reached his fifty with a six off Nangeyalia Kharote within the seventeenth over. He went on to a few fours within the subsequent over of Safi.
Bilal Sami got here to bowl the thirty third over, and with a boundary on the primary supply, Gill accomplished his ninth ODI century. This was his first ODI hundred after taking cost as ODI skipper.
Kishan hit the hat-trick of boundaries within the final three deliveries of Sami’s over to finish his century as nicely. It was his second ODI century. After finishing his fifty in 52 balls, he scored the subsequent 53 runs off simply 19 balls.
The duo saved discovering boundaries at common intervals and added 224 runs for the third wicket earlier than Kharote broke the partnership within the thirty seventh over. Kishan made 125 off simply 79 balls with the assistance of 14 fours and 7 sixes.
Shreyas Iyer got here subsequent and added 40 runs for the fourth wicket with the captain Gill.
Gill crossed the 150-run mark with a single off Allah Ghazanfar within the forty second over. Gill misplaced his wicket whereas making an attempt for a giant shot towards Kharote within the forty third over. He made 154 off 110 balls with the assistance of twenty-two fours and a few sixes.
KL Rahul could not keep lengthy and went again after a golden duck.
Iyer contributed with 26 off 24 balls with the assistance of a six and a 4, however gave his wicket to Kharote.
Washington Sundar helped India cross the 400-run mark along with his invaluable 19 runs with the tailenders as India misplaced all of their wickets in 49.5 overs and set a 403-run goal for the guests.
Rashid Khan took three, whereas Kharote picked 4 wickets for Afghanistan. Ghazanfar and Safi additionally shared one wicket every amongst them.
The hosts are main the three-match ODI collection 1-0 and shall be seeking to seal the collection with a victory right here in Lucknow. Afghanistan, then again, desperately want a victory to stay alive within the collection. (ANI)
