India 195 for 3 (Gill 84*, Rahul 39*, Kishan 34, Rashid 1-37) beat Afghanistan 194 (Gurbaz 102, Gurnoor 3-27, Dubey 3-47, Arshdeep 2-27) by seven wickets

The Indian batters did not break much of a sweat in the 195 chase. Rohit Sharma was run out for 16 but Gill held firm, recording his 18th ODI half-century, while also becoming the second-fastest batter to breach the 3000-run mark in ODIs. Ishan Kishan scored 34 off 22 while KL Rahul ended with an unbeaten 39 off 19 and hit the winning runs as India took 22.5 overs to close the chase and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

The first innings revolved around Gurbaz. He had his moments – he should have been lbw on 14, but India failed to review, and also run out on 30 – but kept the Afghanistan innings ticking after India had the visitors in early trouble. Gurbaz waltzed down the track first ball of the shortened innings and missed, and then crashed Arshdeep for four and six to collect 11 off the first over.

Gurnoor cranked up the pace right away and was rewarded with just his fifth ball when Ibrahim Zadran spooned a leading edge to mid-off. Arshdeep then pinned Sediqullah Atal in front of the stumps before taking out Rahmat Shah who mistimed over square leg, with Dubey taking a smart catch running back.

At 26 for 3 inside five overs, Afghanistan were in danger of collapsing in a heap but Gurbaz arrested the slide. He dominated the 116-run fourth-wicket stand in 11 overs, scoring 82 in the partnerships with Hashmatullah Shahidi. He struck Prasidh Krishna for two fours in the seventh over and then took on Dubey, smashing him for a four and six before reaching his fifty off 25 balls by depositing him over deep midwicket.

A flicked-scoop off Prasidh helped Gurbaz race through the 60s before he took a special liking to Washington Sundar, thumping him for a four and two sixes in the 12th over. Shahidi, at the other end, did his job collecting the odd boundary and rotating the strike but the Afghanistan innings was all about Gurbaz. He reached 94 with a supreme six over long-off and got his century off 48 balls with a brace to deep midwicket in the 15th over. Going at 9.33 an over after 15, Afghanistan were looking at a score in excess of 220 but India came back brilliantly.

Reddy flattened Gurbaz’s middle stump in the 16th over, while Dubey claimed his maiden international wicket by nipping out Shahidi in the next. Azmatullah Omarzai hit Dubey for two sixes, but perished to the same bowler soon after. Gill took a one-handed stunner at slip, leaping to his left and grabbing a thick outside edge off AM Ghazanfar’s blade as Afghanistan slipped to 182 for 8 after 22 overs.

Rashid Khan hit two fours before Gurnoor ended the Afghanistan innings.