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Gautam Gambhir (Video grab)
NEW DELHI: India caput manager Gautam Gambhir could not fell his admiration arsenic KL Rahul produced a infinitesimal of sheer people successful the archetypal ODI against Afghanistan, with his animated absorption from the dugout rapidly becoming a talking constituent during the seven-wicket triumph successful Dharamsala connected Saturday.A video shared by the BCCI captured Gambhir's rima and eyes wide unfastened aft Rahul launched Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi for a breathtaking six implicit other screen successful the 22nd implicit of the chase. The stunning changeable near the erstwhile India opener visibly stunned arsenic India closed successful connected victory.
The maximum came connected the last shot of the implicit erstwhile Rahul leaned into a pitched-up transportation extracurricular disconnected stump and produced an exquisite lofted screen thrust that sailed implicit the ropes.
The changeable capped disconnected a 20-run implicit and took India to 182/3, virtually sealing the contest. Rahul wrapped up the pursuit 5 deliveries aboriginal with a boundary.WATCH: Gambhir's absorption to Rahul's six
Gill and Rahul implicit comfy chase
Chasing 195 successful the rain-reduced 25-overs-a-side encounter, India recovered from the run-out of Rohit Sharma to easiness location successful 22.5 overs.Captain
Shubman Gill
led from the beforehand with an unbeaten 84 disconnected 66 balls, carrying his superb signifier crossed formats into the ODI bid opener.
Ishan Kishan marked his instrumentality to the format with a fluent 34, portion Rahul finished unbeaten connected 39 from conscionable 19 deliveries.Gill and Rahul added an unbroken concern that ensured determination were nary further hiccups aft Rashid Khan had dismissed Kishan with a trademark googly.
Debutants radiance contempt Gurbaz hundred
Earlier, Afghanistan opener
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
played a sensational sound of 102 disconnected conscionable 51 balls to rescue his broadside from 26/3 aft India had opted to vessel first.The assertive right-hander smashed 8 fours and 8 sixes and looked acceptable to instrumentality the crippled distant from the hosts earlier India's bowlers fought backmost strongly.Debutants Gurnoor Brar and Harsh Dubey made awesome starts to their planetary careers, claiming 3 wickets apiece. Brar's gait and question with the caller shot troubled the Afghan batters, portion left-arm spinner Dubey recovered from an costly commencement to decorativeness with figures of 3/47.Nitish Kumar Reddy chipped successful with 2 wickets arsenic Afghanistan were bowled retired for 194 successful 24.5 overs.India's all-round show gave them a 1-0 pb successful the three-match series.
