India vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Score, 1st T20I: IND will lock horns with AFG at New Delhi

India will take on Afghanistan in the three-match T20I series before heading to Japan to play a solitary game against them, followed by the Asian Games. Follow all the live updates below from the first T20I, Toss coming at 6:30 PM IST

Shreyas Iyer’s India will take on Ibrahim Zadran’s Afghanistan in the first of the three-match T20I series starting on Sunday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Although the series will be held in India, Afghanistan will be the official host of the bilateral event.

India has been quite dominant against Afghanistan in all formats of cricket in the past, and the conditions in Delhi will be conducive to Indian batting, with short boundaries and a flat wicket. The conundrum for India, though, is who will be in the top three.

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Afghanistan, on the other hand, has quite experienced players in their lineup who are used to these conditions and have played against Indian players several times before through international cricket or the Indian Premier League. The challenge for them, though, is to combine those individual performances to put up a solid output. 

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