Gill thrills with unbeaten 84 to power India to 7-wkt win over Afghans

Skipper Shubman Gill led from the front with an unbeaten 84 off 66 balls to help India chase down a total of 195 with seven wickets in hand, in the rain-affected first ODI in Dharamsala on Saturday.

Earlier, Rahmanullah Gurbaz made a high quality 102 off just 51 balls while pacer Gurnoor Brar (3-27 in 4.5 overs) was impressive on debut India bowled out Afghanistan for 194.

Persistent showers delayed the start by more than four hours but not much time was lost once the skies cleared up. The game was reduced to 25-overs-a-side with India putting the opposition in to bat.

The ball was doing a bit in the air early on but Gurbaz went on the offensive from the word go. However, India were able to pick up wickets at regular intervals.

Brief scores

Afghanistan 194 in 24.5 overs (R Gurbaz 102; G Brar 3-27, H Dubey 3-47, A Singh 2-27, NK Reddy 2-31) lost to Afghanistan 195-3 in 22.5 overs (S Gill 84*, KL Rahul 39*, I Kishan 34) by seven wickets

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