Afghanistan vs India in India
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Afghanistan v 
India
Key match-ups
Thu 17 Sep, 14:00 UTC
India
playing XI (11)
Afghanistan
playing XI (9)
A pre-match read, kept as it
was: what the numbers said before a ball was bowled, not a report of
what happened.
Each batter against the bowlers he would face, by phase. Colour is always from the batter's side. These are match-ups by type, not by history — nobody here has faced anybody often enough for a head-to-head record to mean anything. A batter appears in a phase only if he actually bats there, and a bowler only where both careers hold at least 30 balls in that exact split. A bowler named in grey was read and came out inside 10% of par — checked, and nothing to say. The not readable count beside him is the bowlers whose pair could not be read at all, which is a different claim entirely. A name marked ° is a weaker reading, from less than the full record: either that bowler has under 30 balls against this hand in these overs and the pair is read from the batter alone, or the batter has under 30 against this type here and is read from what he has, shrunk toward the league rate. Held out on matches from 2025 both kinds sorted outcomes, but they rest on less than a full pair does; the hover text says which it is.
For the batter
−25%
−10%
even
+10%
+25%
against par for that bowling type in
those overs
Overall
India lead the match-ups by
6
| Team | Batting | Bowling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 43 11 Abhishek Sharma · 8 players | 21 5 JJ Bumrah · 8 players | 64 |
| Afghanistan | 43 13 Rahmanullah Gurbaz · 7 players | 15 5 Mohammad Nabi · 4 players | 58 |
Every edge counted twice over, once from each side: a match-up that favours a batter is one his opponents' bowlers are losing. Under each count is the player holding most of them and how many players it is spread across — a total resting on one man is worth less than the same total spread down the order, and it leaves with him. Amber marks a count of five or more where two players hold 70% of it.
Batting side
India batting v Afghanistan bowling
43 for India
15 for Afghanistan
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Abhishek Sharma LHB | Rashid Khan +36% Darwish Rasooli +20% Azmatullah Omarzai +18% Ibrahim Zadran +15% Fazalhaq Farooqi +14% Mujeeb Ur Rahman +12% Mohammad Nabi | Azmatullah Omarzai +27% Rashid Khan +21% Fazalhaq Farooqi +16% Ibrahim Zadran +14% Darwish Rasooli +13% Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Nabi | Mohammad Nabi -14% Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Rashid Khan Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 not readable |
| 2 SV Samson RHB | Azmatullah Omarzai Fazalhaq Farooqi Ibrahim Zadran Darwish Rasooli Mohammad Nabi Rashid Khan Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Fazalhaq Farooqi +18% Azmatullah Omarzai +14% Mohammad Nabi +11% Darwish Rasooli +10% Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Ur Rahman Rashid Khan | Azmatullah Omarzai +27% Fazalhaq Farooqi +11% Ibrahim Zadran +11% Mujeeb Ur Rahman -13% Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi 1 not readable |
| 3 Ishan Kishan LHB | Azmatullah Omarzai +12% Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan Darwish Rasooli Fazalhaq Farooqi Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Nabi | Azmatullah Omarzai +22% Rashid Khan +10% Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Darwish Rasooli Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Nabi | Fazalhaq Farooqi +15% Rashid Khan -13% Mohammad Nabi -17% Ibrahim Zadran Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 not readable |
| 4 SS Iyer RHB | Fazalhaq Farooqi Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan Darwish Rasooli Mohammad Nabi Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Fazalhaq Farooqi +13% Azmatullah Omarzai +11% Mohammad Nabi +11% Darwish Rasooli +11% Mujeeb Ur Rahman Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan | Azmatullah Omarzai +25% Rashid Khan +17% Fazalhaq Farooqi +13% Ibrahim Zadran Mohammad Nabi Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 not readable |
| 5 Tilak Varma LHB | Azmatullah Omarzai +15% Ibrahim Zadran +12% Darwish Rasooli Fazalhaq Farooqi Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Nabi Rashid Khan | Azmatullah Omarzai +18% Fazalhaq Farooqi Darwish Rasooli Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Ur Rahman Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi | Fazalhaq Farooqi +13% Ibrahim Zadran +12% Mujeeb Ur Rahman -13% Mohammad Nabi -21% Azmatullah Omarzai Rashid Khan 1 not readable |
| 6 Nithish Kumar Reddy RHB | Rashid Khan -12% Fazalhaq Farooqi -14% Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran 3 not readable | Mohammad Nabi +25% Darwish Rasooli +24% Mujeeb Ur Rahman +21% Fazalhaq Farooqi +12% Rashid Khan Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran | Azmatullah Omarzai +33% Ibrahim Zadran +17% Rashid Khan Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 not readable |
| 7 S Dube LHB | rarely bats here | Azmatullah Omarzai +18% Rashid Khan Fazalhaq Farooqi Ibrahim Zadran Darwish Rasooli Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Nabi | Fazalhaq Farooqi +11% Mohammad Nabi -15% Rashid Khan Ibrahim Zadran Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 not readable |
| 8 AR Patel LHB | rarely bats here | Azmatullah Omarzai +11% Fazalhaq Farooqi Darwish Rasooli Rashid Khan Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Nabi | Mujeeb Ur Rahman -12% Mohammad Nabi -18% Fazalhaq Farooqi Ibrahim Zadran Darwish Rasooli Rashid Khan Azmatullah Omarzai |
| 9 Ravi Bishnoi RHB | rarely bats here | Rashid Khan -12% Mohammad Nabi Fazalhaq Farooqi Mujeeb Ur Rahman Azmatullah Omarzai 2 not readable | Fazalhaq Farooqi -14% Azmatullah Omarzai Rashid Khan Ibrahim Zadran 3 not readable |
| 10 JJ Bumrah RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | Rashid Khan -12% Fazalhaq Farooqi -19% Azmatullah Omarzai Mohammad Nabi Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 not readable |
Afghanistan batting v India bowling
43 for Afghanistan
21 for India
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Ibrahim Zadran RHB | Abhishek Sharma -10% SS Iyer, Tilak Varma -12% AR Patel -16% Nithish Kumar Reddy Yash Thakur S Dube JJ Bumrah 1 not readable | Nithish Kumar Reddy +21% S Dube +20% Yash Thakur +20% Ravi Bishnoi -11% JJ Bumrah Abhishek Sharma SS Iyer, Tilak Varma AR Patel | Tilak Varma +14% Nithish Kumar Reddy -11% JJ Bumrah -15% SS Iyer Abhishek Sharma S Dube Yash Thakur AR Patel 1 not readable |
| 2 Rahmanullah Gurbaz RHB | Nithish Kumar Reddy +25% Ravi Bishnoi +24% Yash Thakur +23% Abhishek Sharma +19% AR Patel +12% S Dube +11% SS Iyer, Tilak Varma +10% JJ Bumrah | Nithish Kumar Reddy +26% S Dube +26% Yash Thakur +26% Abhishek Sharma +14% JJ Bumrah +12% SS Iyer, Tilak Varma Ravi Bishnoi AR Patel | rarely bats here |
| 3 Sediqullah Atal LHB | AR Patel +17% Tilak Varma -11% Abhishek Sharma Yash Thakur Nithish Kumar Reddy, S Dube JJ Bumrah 2 not readable | Nithish Kumar Reddy +18% Yash Thakur +16% Abhishek Sharma +14% Ravi Bishnoi -12% S Dube AR Patel JJ Bumrah Tilak Varma 1 not readable | rarely bats here |
| 5 Darwish Rasooli RHB | Nithish Kumar Reddy +15% Yash Thakur +13% Abhishek Sharma JJ Bumrah S Dube AR Patel Ravi Bishnoi Tilak Varma 1 not readable | JJ Bumrah -11% Nithish Kumar Reddy S Dube Yash Thakur Ravi Bishnoi Tilak Varma Abhishek Sharma AR Patel 1 not readable | S Dube +29% Yash Thakur +20% Nithish Kumar Reddy +12% JJ Bumrah 5 not readable |
| 7 Azmatullah Omarzai RHB | rarely bats here | Ravi Bishnoi +24% Nithish Kumar Reddy +16% S Dube +16% Yash Thakur +15% JJ Bumrah SS Iyer, Tilak Varma Abhishek Sharma AR Patel | S Dube +19% Yash Thakur +11% Tilak Varma +11% SS Iyer Nithish Kumar Reddy Ravi Bishnoi JJ Bumrah Abhishek Sharma AR Patel |
| 8 Rashid Khan RHB | rarely bats here | Abhishek Sharma +15% Tilak Varma -11% Nithish Kumar Reddy AR Patel S Dube Yash Thakur JJ Bumrah Ravi Bishnoi 1 not readable | S Dube +20% Ravi Bishnoi +14% Yash Thakur +12% Nithish Kumar Reddy JJ Bumrah Tilak Varma Abhishek Sharma SS Iyer AR Patel |
| 9 Mohammad Nabi RHB | rarely bats here | Nithish Kumar Reddy +13% S Dube +13% Yash Thakur +13% Abhishek Sharma SS Iyer, Tilak Varma Ravi Bishnoi JJ Bumrah AR Patel | S Dube +20% Abhishek Sharma +16% Yash Thakur +12% Ravi Bishnoi Nithish Kumar Reddy AR Patel JJ Bumrah Tilak Varma SS Iyer |
| 10 Mujeeb Ur Rahman RHB | rarely bats here | Tilak Varma -10% JJ Bumrah -12% Ravi Bishnoi Abhishek Sharma S Dube Nithish Kumar Reddy Yash Thakur AR Patel 1 not readable | Yash Thakur -12% SS Iyer -13% AR Patel -14% Nithish Kumar Reddy -17% JJ Bumrah -19% Ravi Bishnoi Abhishek Sharma S Dube Tilak Varma |
| 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | Yash Thakur -16% Nithish Kumar Reddy -22% JJ Bumrah -25% Tilak Varma Abhishek Sharma SS Iyer Ravi Bishnoi S Dube AR Patel |
Talking points
Read off the matrix on this page and nothing else — the same edges, counted from both ends. Direction is always from the batter's side.
The two totals
- India hold 64 — 43 while they bat, 21 from their bowlers.
- Afghanistan hold 58 — 43 while they bat, 15 from their bowlers.
- Both sides are on a named XI, so that is 6 more for India.
Who holds them
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) is the best set up with the bat — 13 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- Abhishek Sharma (India) is the best set up with the bat — 11 match-ups in his favour, 1 against.
- Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) is the best set up with the bat — 7 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 7 against him, 4 in his favour.
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 7 against him, 0 in his favour.
- Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 3 against him, 0 in his favour.
- JJ Bumrah (India) holds the most with the ball — 5 in his favour, 1 batter the other way.
- Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) holds the most with the ball — 5 in his favour, 3 batters the other way.
- Tilak Varma (India) holds the most with the ball — 4 in his favour, 3 batters the other way.
In short
- The numbers favour India by 6, on 122 match-ups between the sides.