Indian cricket fans rejoice at the PCA Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh India won an impressive victory over afghanistan In the one-off Test on June 8, 2026. Displaying consistent dominance from the very first ball, the hosts secured an emphatic win by an innings and 300 runs.
The match proved to be a masterclass in modern Test cricket, with a seamless blend of aggressive batting with highly disciplined spin bowling. skillfully led by Shubman GillTeam India controlled the narrative across all three days, giving the visiting Afghan team few answers in challenging conditions.
Shubman Gill and India’s batsmen made huge scores against Afghanistan
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, India’s batting lineup posted a mammoth score of 564/8 before declaring the innings after 127 overs. Leading from the front, Captain Gill played a brilliant, brilliant innings of 126 runs off 177 balls with the help of 15 fours and a well-timed six. Gill’s fluid strokeplay consistently frustrated the Afghan bowlers and adopted an overly aggressive approach from day one.
The top and middle order provided full support to their captain. while the opener Yashasvi Jaiswal Fell early for 24, KL Rahul Played a brilliant, patient innings of 100 runs from 165 balls, forming a vital partnership with Gill. Sai Sudarshan He also looked in great form, missing out on a century but making an important contribution of 81 runs in 104 balls.
Once the platform is firmly in place, it is set in motion Rishabh Pant He took the responsibility by playing a quick inning of 81 runs in 121 balls with the help of 9 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes. order down, washington beautiful Despite Afghanistan’s tireless efforts, they provided the final success by scoring 52 not out. Mohammad SalimWho took an impressive 6 wickets for 140 runs – the visitors could not stop India’s scoring rate of 4.44 runs per over.
human improvement India’s continuous attack cost Afghanistan six wickets.
Facing a mountain of runs, Afghanistan’s batting unit collapsed under intense pressure from the Indian bowling attack. In the first innings, the visiting team was reduced to 152 runs in 58.4 overs. emerging left arm spinner human improvement He was a complete destroyer in chief, recording six wickets (6/33) in his 22 overs while maintaining an incredible economy rate of 1.50.
Suthar completely demolished Afghanistan’s middle and lower order. Rehmat ShahA resilient fighting inning of 60 runs in 135 balls went in vain. fast bowler Prasidh Krishna Sundar also bowled beautifully, contributing 3/37 to achieve early successes.
Enforcing the follow-on, India’s bowlers refused to loosen their grip on the match. Like the first innings, Afghanistan’s second innings collapsed for just 112 runs in 35.5 overs. This time, all-rounder Sundar came into the limelight, taking 4 wickets for 36 runs and directly getting the batting card. left arm wrist spinner -Kuldeep Yadav Joined the party late to clean up the tail and finished with quick figures of 3/30. While being the opener, Suthar added another wicket to his match tally. Sediqullah Atal The visitors top-scored with a brief 42.
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Here’s how fans reacted:
India’s tremendous victory. They won by an innings and 300 runs – their biggest win in Tests 🙌🏏#INDvAFG #TeamIndia #Cricket pic.twitter.com/kjVLoriC7q
– CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) 8 June 2026
🚨History By Captain Shubman Gill 🚨
– India recorded its biggest ever win by an innings in Test history pic.twitter.com/JXanLj57ah
– Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 8 June 2026
🚨History created by Captain Shubman Gill 🚨
• India registered its biggest ever innings win in Test history! 🇮🇳🔥
• Shubman Gill and his teammates have broken records by defeating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs. Absolutely brutal cricket! ✍️📈pic.twitter.com/v0cvUOwwCo– Cricket Central (@CricketCentral) 8 June 2026
India beats Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs 🇮🇳
– Complete dominance of captain Shubman Gill. pic.twitter.com/1zM2gifEgw
– Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 8 June 2026
– Won a test match as captain.
– Scored 126(177) runs in the match.
– Highest scorer of the match.
-The biggest win of the innings for India.Take the bow, Captain Shubman Gill. 🙇 pic.twitter.com/nzIWWFmhuZ
– Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh) 8 June 2026
Shubman Gill’s dominance in test cricket
– won another series pic.twitter.com/Z6pFo8KOEy
– Raja (@_raja_kumar) 8 June 2026
-Won a test match as captain.
Scored 126 runs on 177 balls.
-Top scorer of the match.
-India recorded the biggest win of the innings.
Take the bow, Captain Shubman Gill. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/dOLK3vJiig
– Marcus (@MARCUS907935) 8 June 2026
Manav Suthar has shown a lot of potential to become the next big thing in Indian Test cricket, even though the opponent was thought to be Afghanistan here, he has bowled very well and will be able to succeed against the bigger teams as well.
We need a good off spinner like Ash now!
pic.twitter.com/lpBe2JnUEz– Rajeev (@Rajeev1841) 8 June 2026
🚨 History of Manav Suthar on test debut 🚨
◾ Manav Suthar finished with sensational figures of 6/33🔥
◾ Became only the 10th Indian bowler to take 5 wickets on Test debut 👏
◾Seventh Indian spinner to achieve this feat 🤯 #INDvAFG #Cricket pic.twitter.com/KHRrG2uVF0-Yogesh Goswami (@yogeshgoswami_) 8 June 2026
India has found its next Jadeja! 🇮🇳🌸
• Manav Suthar made his debut against AFG by taking 7 wickets
• Forced follow-on after scoring 6/33 in the first innings.
• Score 28 runs quickly to prove he is an all-rounder.
• Big debate on life after Ravindra Jadeja! pic.twitter.com/AoONk4QiZd
– Cricket Hub (@Anurag9793) 8 June 2026
Afghanistan played like small fish and this is the result.
Manav Suthar is the only positive in this match for India.
Congratulations to Team India. pic.twitter.com/6NKJsegCaV
– Satya Prakash (@_SatyaPrakash08) 8 June 2026
A memorable performance, a memorable moment for human betterment pic.twitter.com/VEG20IcAsM
-Bhanumathi (@bhanumathi01) 8 June 2026
