India beat Afghanistan by 47 runs: T20 World Cup Super Eights – as it happened

Yadav’s quick 50 sets up India for comfortable win

The Super Eights come thick and fast – tomorrow Australia take on Bangladesh in the early game, and England return to the Daren Sammy Stadium to battle South Africa at 3.30BST.

We’ll leave India to relish their glory. Thank you for your messages as ever, and have a nice evening, football scores and other things notwitstanding.

A win without breaking sweat for India, but bad news for Afghanistan who take a dodgy run-rate with them into games against Bangaldesh and Australia.

The television switches to the Roses T20 game, but I can tell you that Suryakumar Yadav is the player of the match for his eye-popping fifty, though Bumrah must have run him close with three for seven.

WICKET! Noor c Rohit b Arshdeep 12 (Afghanistan 134 all out) India beat Afghanistan by 47 runs!

19th over: Afghanistan 126-9 ( Noor 6, Fazalhaq 4) One run from Bumrah’s last and the penultimate of the match. Jonathan Trott writes something in a ledger on the Afghanistan desk. Bumrah brilliance: 4-1-7-3.

18th over: Afghanistan 125-9 ( Noor 6, Fazalhaq 4) Arshdeep returns for the last rites, hand recovered from taking that catch. Rohit jogs up to him to proffer some advice – whatever it was it works. Two in two with the hat-trick ball edging between keeper and slip and tottering over the rope.

WICKET! Naveen c Pant b Arshdeep 0 (Afghanistan 121-9)

WICKET! Rashid Khan c Jadeja b Arshdeep 2 (Afghanistan 121-8)

17th over: Afghanistan 119-7 ( Rashid 2, Noor 5) Kuldeep coming in for some late tap as Noor reverse slaps his first ball for four. (Kuldeep 4-0-32-2)

WICKET! Nabi c Jadeja b Kuldeep 14 (Afghanistan 114-7)

16th over: Afghanistan 107-6 ( Nabi 8, Rashid 1) Afghanistan gratefully receive four byes. Rashid Khan throws the bat but can’t get his teeth into Bumrah.

WICKET! Najibullah c Arshdeep b Bumrah 19 (Afghanistan 102-6)

15th over: Afghanistan 101-5 ( Najibullah 19, Nabi 7) Crack! Najibullah swings like an enthusiastic dad at the swing ball: six. Hardik squeezes his mouth into a moue. A wide follows. An lbw appeal, Rohit is talked into taking a review – seems unlikely – and indeed it has pitched outside leg.

14th over: Afghanistan 91-5 ( Najibullah 13, Nabi 6) Jadeja, making a thick headband cool. Afghanistan ticking along, but falling behind.

I have learnt so many things doing the OBO – over to Sandip. “A swipe would be when you use a digital keyboard, such as those available on tablets or mobiles. I found out from my niece that it is using one finger, as compared to the usual two thumb technique. For instance, your name is a two triangle trace. ‘Tanya using swipe’ however turned out to be Tanya using swoop. o well.

“No matter which technique, you and your colleagues bring the whole world together!

“Yesterday’s women’s ODI in the Subcontinent was a cracker, with four players cracking tons! We followed that match on another commentary.”

13th over: Afghanistan 84-5 ( Najibullah 9, Nabi 3) Dots, two singles, a wide and six by Najibullah, hauled over the legside.

12th over: Afghanistan 75-5 ( Najibullah 2, Nabi 2) Jadeja with his first wicket. On comms they wonder whether Afghanistan will start to play for run-rater rather than self-implode chasing an increasingly impossible target.

WICKET! Omarzai c Axar b Jadeja 26(Afghanistan 71-5)

11th over: Afghanistan 71-4 ( Omarzai 26, Zadran 0) Four leg byes after Zadran gropes at a googly, and it escapes Pant too.

WICKET! Gulbadin c Pant b Kuldeep 17 (Afghanistan 67-4)

10th over: Afghanistan 66-3 ( Gulbadin 17, Omarzai 25) Jadeja, be-shaded, untucked. Omarzai slams him , with a carefree shrug, into the stands. They take drinks, with Afghanistan well behind the rate, but not out of sight.

9th over: Afghanistan 57-3 ( Gulbadin 16, Omarzai 17) Kuldeep in his first tournament appearance, opens his account with a no ball. Gulbadin crashes four off the free hit. Singles pocketed from the rest.

8th over: Afghanistan 47-3 ( Gulbadin 10, Omarzai 14) Intrigue as the third umpire has to rule on whether the towel tucked into the back of Kuldeep’s trousers has kissed the boundary boards. Many slow mos but he seems to be ok.

“Halloa Tanya,” Hey there Sandip.

“Greetings from Stumptown, also known as Po[r]tland, in Oregon, in the PNW, where we are sitting on the Riverfront, and where it is slowly hotting up! The way it is happening, it will be 30C in a few hours.

“We, here are me, and mum! She is following the ball-bat action and me the bigger round ball action. She has already figured out, Sky Sports will show adverts after even number, Willow instead puts those nuisances after every over. Willow had all the desi foodie stuff, so we will be heading to the Indi-store to get some atta for ‘fulkas’ – the puffed rotis!

“Enjoy your time tickling the keyboard, or do you use swipes, or voice activated tech?”

Just bog standard typing I’m afraid. But I’m intrigued. What, I wonder, is a swipe?

7th over: Afghanistan 40-3 ( Gulbadin 7, Omarzai 10 ) Hardik’s first ball is too full and Omarzai drives him on one knee for four, pass the man a smoking jacket. The run rate has already crept up to nearly 11.

Eric, I thank you, “I have football on the TV, keeping an eye on T20 with you!”

6th over: Afghanistan 35-3 ( Gulbadin 7, Omarzai 5 ) From nowhere, Gulbardin powers Axar over deep midwicket for six.

5th over: Afghanistan 27-3 ( Gulbadin 0, Omarzai 4 ) Omarzai picks up a fortunate boundary with an outside edge between keeper and first slip. A near run out with Afghanistan visibly jumpy, and the dug-out sullen with heads in hands. Bumrah smiles happily.

WICKET! Zazai c Jadeja b Bumrah 2 (Afghanistan 23-3)

4th over: Afghanistan 23-2 ( Zazai 2, Gulbadin 0) A wicket maiden, Ibrahim frustrated into an unwise shot.

WICKET! Ibrahim c Rohit b Axar 8 (Afghanistan 23-2)

3rd over: Afghanistan 23-1 ( Zazai 2, Ibrahim 8) Arshdeep with his second. Ibrahim slashes four then Kohli – Kohli! – somehow mis-times his leap at point and fluffs a pretty ordinary catch. He waves his hands about to ask how that happened. No -one gives him a rocket. A handful of singles

There is someone out there! Hello Adam Roberts
“Good Morning Tanya, Good Morning Everyone –

“May I start by commending you for a sterling effort following on from last night’s game in St. Lucia. [oh, thank you!]

“I, sadly, am missing this as I sit at my desk in The Cayman Islands, but it sounds like an excellent effort so far by Afghanistan. I have loved watching them so far and – as a Notts fan – thrilled that Fazalhaq Farooqi may offer some late-season solace.”

2nd over: Afghanistan 14-1 ( Zazai 0, Ibrahim 1) Bumrah puts a cool hand on India’s fevered brow. A clever slower ball to get rid of Gurbaz who is now left staring into nothingness in the dug out.

WICKET! Gurbaz c Pant b Bumrah 11 (Afghanistan 13-1)

1st over: Afghanistan 13-0 (Gurbaz 11, Zazai 0) Arshdeep starts with a wide, and Gurbaz – third in the runs table this World Cup – pancakes the next straight down the ground for four. Arshdeep, struggling with his width , sends down another wide but a beauty has Gurbaz groping. Not for long though – he charges down the next, smoking it over wide long on for six. A natty start.

With the football on, I may be writing for an audience of very few. Do drop me a line though, if you’re following this game, whether from the office or the Bridgetown stands. The second innings is upon us.

India made it to 180, thanks largely to an audacious 27-ball fifty from Suryakumar Yadav. Afghanistan will need 9.1 an over – a tall, but not impossible task. Time for a five minute stretch of the legs, back shortly.

WICKET! Axar run out 12 (India 181-8) Afghanistan need 182 to win!

19th over: India 167-7 ( Axar 0, Arshdeep 2) Afghanistan haven’t let India blast into the stratosphere, and if they can keep these two new batters quiet in the last over they might be relatively content.

WICKET! Jadeja c Gulbadin b Fazalhaq 7 (India 165-7)