IND vs AFG, Virat Kohli: India ended the Asia Cup 2022 journey with a victory over Afghanistan. The hero of India’s victory was Virat Kohli, who played an unbeaten innings of 122 runs in the shortest format of cricket, scoring the first century of his career. During this, Kohli also hit 12 fours and 6 sixes.
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India managed to beat opposition team by a margin of more than 100 runs for 2nd time :-
Batting first, India put 212 runs on the board, in front of which the Afghan team could only manage 111 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. India won this match by a huge margin of 101 runs. This is India’s second biggest win in the history of T20I cricket. At the same time, for the second time, India has managed to beat the opposition team by a margin of more than 100 runs.
The biggest win was recorded against Ireland in 2018 :-
India’s biggest win in terms of runs came against Ireland in 2018. During that time Team India won by 143 runs. After this, India has the second biggest victory over Afghanistan. The third win in this list is of 93 runs which came against Sri Lanka in 2017.
Biggest win for India in terms of runs :-
- 143 vs Ireland Malahide 2018
- 101 vs Afg Dubai 2022*
- 93 vs Sri Lankan Cuttack 2017
- 90 vs England Colombo RPS 2012
Talking about Afghanistan, this is their second biggest defeat in terms of runs in T20I cricket. He had to face the biggest defeat in this format against England in 2012 when the team had to face defeat by 116 runs.
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Biggest defeat for Afghanistan in terms of runs :-
- 116 vs England Colombo RPS 2012
- 101 vs India Dubai 2022*
- 68 vs Ireland Abu Dhabi 2013
- 66 vs India Abu Dhabi 2021
