Team India captain Shubman Gill produced a brilliant effort to dismiss Afghanistan’s tail-ender AM Ghazanfar in the first match of the three-match ODI series between the two sides.
Shubman Gill dives to his left to take a one-handed catch at slip. The ball was going between the wicketkeeper and first slip.
Shubman Gill took a brilliant catch with one hand in India vs Afghanistan 1st ODI.
Gill, who was positioned at first slip, threw his body to the left and palmed the ball using only his left hand. AM Ghazanfar was out for a duck in 2 balls. This was the third wicket of debutant spinner Harsh Dubey.
Watch the spectacular catch here:
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For the first ODI, the Indian team management handed Harsh Dubey and Gurnoor Brar their ODI debut caps. Both the bowlers took three wickets each in their first ODI match. While Dubey took 3 wickets for 47 runs in 5 overs, Brar took 3 wickets for only 27 runs in 4.5 overs.
Records for Harsh Dubey and
The spell of 3 wickets is one of the finest bowling figures by any debutant bowler for Team India in this format. Seamer Prasidh Krishna’s record of 4 wickets for 54 runs against England in 2021 is the best bowling so far for Team India in ODI debut.
According to Cricbuzz, this is the seventh time in ODI history that two debutants have taken at least three wickets in a team innings, the third for a full member team.
Best bowling for India in ODI debut
4/54 – Prasidh Krishna vs England, Pune, 2021
3/21 – Noel David vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 1997
3/24 – Varun Aaron vs England, Mumbai WS, 2011
3/27 – Gurnoor Brar vs AFG, Dharamshala, 2026
3/30 – Subroto Banerjee vs West Indies, Perth, 1991
The pitch was not bad for the batsmen
Due to continuous heavy rain, the 50-over match was reduced to 25-25 overs. Within the limit of 35 overs, Afghanistan scored 194 runs for all its ten wickets. Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored a solo inning of 102 runs before losing his wicket to Nitish Kumar Reddy. Gurbaz scored a century in 48 balls against India tonight, which is now the fastest century by an Afghanistan player in ODIs.
Before the toss, former India cricketer, now cricket expert and commentator, Murali Karthik said that despite the humid conditions, the pitch looked good for a high-scoring match. It was the Indian bowling unit that restricted the opposition team to just under 200 runs.
“The pitch remained covered for more than 12 hours, but there is no moisture or dampness on the surface; It’s just the temperature of the ground, and it looks like a pretty nice surface. This has been a high scoring venue in the IPL. The ball spins because it is at a high enough altitude and it will still be a high scoring spot. 25 overs a side, meaning it is a short game. This is going to be huge. Maybe the figure of 200, 220 is fixed, I think. As I said, it’s a well-rolled surface, even grass sprinkled in good lengths, and I would say whichever side wins the toss will try to chase,” Murali Karthik said.
