Delhi: In the second T20 match played on Tuesday at Arun Jaitley Stadium, the Indian team gave a strong performance and defeated Afghanistan by 7 wickets. With this victory, Team India has achieved an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer has won his first T20 series in India as captain.

The Afghanistan team had set a target of 160 runs for the Indian cricket team, which the hosts achieved by losing 3 wickets in just 14.5 overs. Nitish Reddy and Sanju Samson played important roles in the victory of Team India. The third and last match of the series will be played on 17 September.

Afghanistan scored 159 runs losing 8 wickets

Afghanistan had a bad start after losing the toss and coming to bat first. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz became the victim of Arshdeep Singh without opening the account. Captain Ibrahim Zadran tried to control the innings by playing an inning of 37 runs, but the middle order could not last long against the Indian bowlers.

Young all-rounder Nitish Reddy took 3 important wickets for just 24 runs in 3 overs and put a check on Afghanistan's run rate. However, in the lower order, Mohammad Nabi scored 20 runs and Rashid Khan scored 28 runs and made a quick partnership of 48 runs. Thanks to this, the Afghanistan team could reach 159 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. For India, Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi got 1 wicket each.

Sanju-Abhishek created a stir in powerplay

In response to the target of 160 runs, the Indian openers started hitting fours and sixes as soon as they arrived. Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma took full advantage of the powerplay and took the team's score to 82 runs in just 6 overs.

Abhishek played a stormy inning of 39 runs in 19 balls, which included 2 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, Sanju Samson scored a half-century in just 20 balls. Samson scored 57 runs in 22 balls with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes. Both of them made a brilliant partnership of 88 runs in just 38 balls for the first wicket.

Ishan Kishan also defeated the Afghan bowlers

In the seventh over, Rashid Khan gave some relief to Afghanistan by dismissing Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson on consecutive balls, but by then India was very close to victory.

After this Ishan Kishan took charge. He took the Afghan bowlers seriously and scored unbeaten 38 runs in 23 balls, which included 3 fours and 2 sixes. He was supported by Tilak Verma, who scored 15 not out in 14 balls. Together they gave India victory by 7 wickets in just 14.5 overs.

Rashid Khan was the most successful bowler from Afghanistan. He took 3 wickets, but the rest of the bowlers looked ineffective in front of the aggressive batting of the Indian batsmen. With this victory, India has achieved an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. Reddy was chosen player of the match.