Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Nitish Kumar Reddy Leads India’s Bowling Squeeze Against Afghanistan
India played Afghanistan in the second match of a three-game T20 series.
India chose to bowl first.
India’s bowlers took wickets regularly and stopped Afghanistan from scoring quickly.
Nitish Kumar Reddy was the best bowler, taking three wickets.
Afghanistan lost several important batters during the middle part of the innings.
Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan then scored quickly to help their team.
Their partnership added 48 runs from 28 balls.
Afghanistan finished with 159 runs for eight wickets.
Nitish Kumar Reddy took 3/24 in three overs as India restricted Afghanistan to 159/8.
Jasprit Bumrah opened with a maiden before Arshdeep Singh dismissed Rahmanullah Gurbaz for a duck.
Afghanistan slipped to 59/3 after Ravi Bishnoi removed Sediqullah Atal and Nitish dismissed Ibrahim Zadran.
Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan added 48 runs from 28 balls to revive Afghanistan’s innings.
India bowled Afghanistan in the second T20I of the three-match series after choosing to field in New Delhi.
- Who
- India and Afghanistan, with Nitish Kumar Reddy taking three wickets for India.
- What
- India restricted Afghanistan to 159 for eight in the second T20I.
- When
- September 15, according to the report; the match was played on a Tuesday.
- Where
- New Delhi.
- Why
- India chose to bowl first and used disciplined bowling to limit Afghanistan’s scoring.
- Match
- Second T20I of a three-match series
- Afghanistan total
- 159 for 8
- Top Indian bowler
- Nitish Kumar Reddy: 3 wickets for 24 runs in 3 overs
- Key partnership
- Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan added 48 runs from 28 balls
- Powerplay score
- Afghanistan reached 41 for 1
- Early setback
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 0 in the second over
- Middle-overs account
- The report describes Afghanistan conceding 64 runs between overs 7 and 14 in one passage, and between overs 7 and 15 in another