Indian limited to 159-5 by Afghanistan

COLOMBO: Indian took benefits of a butter-fingered show by Afghanistan to restore from a bad begin and publish 159-5 in the Globe Twenty20 in Colombo on Wed.
Virat Kohli top obtained with 50 off 38 paintballs, his third subsequent T20 half-century, and Suresh Raina created 38 after Indian were sent in to bat in the group A go with.



Tall left-arm seamer Shapoor Zardan provided the Afghans a fantastic begin when he eliminated openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag by the fifth over with only 22 operates on the panel.

But Afghanistan, enjoying their second Globe Twenty20, were let down by a sloppy show in the area, losing four grabs, two of them come back grabs by Mohammad Nabi.

Yuvraj Singh, who started out his consideration with a six, put on 46 for the third wicket with Kohli before he was captured at third-man off rewriter Karim Sadiq.
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit a four and six off the ultimate two supply to bring Indian previous the 150-run level.

Defending winners Britain are the third group in the group, from where the top two will enhance to the Extremely Eights circular.
Brief scores:
India 159-5 in 20 overs (V. Kohli 50, S. Raina 38, Y. Singh 18; Shapoor Zadran 2-33)