India vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2014

India vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2014

After their recent loss to Pakistan in Asia Cup 2014, India play Afghanistan today at Mirpur.

Asia Cup – 9th Match

Both India and Afghanistan, being eliminated from the Asia Cup

India will face Afghanistan for the first time in an ODI

Despite India being out of contention for a berth in the final of the ongoing Asia Cup, middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara and pacer Ishwar Pandey were not included in the team for the inconsequential match on Wednesday. Sunil Gavaskar said it was hard to comprehend the Indian team’s decision and wondered whether the fear of bench players succeeding over current favourites has prompted the team under Kohli to play the same team.

Updated: India end disappointing Asia Cup campaign with 8-wkt victory over Afghanistan

Knocked out of contention for the final, five-time champions India ended their Asia Cup campaign with a consolation win over debutantes Afghanistan, beating them by eight wickets in a lop-sided encounter on Wednesday.

Scorecard

India 160/1 in 23.3 ov (Dhawan 60, Rahane 56) beat Afghanistan 159 in 45.2 ov (Shenwari 50, Jadeja 4-30) by 8 wkts Read more

The complete Asia Cup 2014 schedule can be seen here.

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