IND vs AFG: Head-to-head record in Test
The IND vs AFG one-off test will begin on June 6.
While India are one of the oldest and most dominant teams in Test cricket, Afghanistan are making a name for themselves in the longest format.
India’s superiority in home Test matches is well known. With the spin-friendly conditions, India overpower big teams like Australia and England at home. It takes a lot of hard work to defeat India in a home Test series, and only a few teams have achieved this triumph in the past.
India qualified for the finals of the first two editions of the ICC World Test Championship, but ended as runners-up in both. They lost the final of WTC 2021 to New Zealand and WTC 2023 to Australia.
On the other hand, Afghanistan have not yet secured a place in the World Test Championship. They have played a handful of test matches. Afghanistan played their first-ever test against India in 2018. So far, they have won only one test match against Zimbabwe in March 2021.
India and Afghanistan have played only one test match
IND vs AFG record in test cricket
- Matches played: 1
- India Won: 1
- Afghanistan Won: 0
India and Afghanistan have played only one test in the past. In June 2018, both sides locked horns in a test match for the first time at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. India won the encounter by an innings and 262 runs.
Ajinkya Rahane led India in the match. In the first innings, India piled up 474/10 with centuries by Murali Vijay (105) and Shikhar Dhawan (107). KL Rahul (54) and Hardik Pandya (71) slammed fifties.
Yamin Ahmadzai clinched a three-wicket haul, while Rashid Khan and Wafadar Momand clinched two wickets each.
Afghanistan suffered a batting collapse in the first innings, getting bowled out for just 109 runs. Spinner Ravi Ashwin dismantled their batting with his four-wicket haul.
India enforced a follow-on and bowled out Afghanistan for 103 runs, with Hashmatullah Shahidi scoring the highest score of an unbeaten 36 runs. Ravindra Jadeja picked a four-wicket haul. Shikhar Dhawan was adjudged Player of the Match. Notably, it was also Afghanistan’s first-ever test in international cricket.
What is IND vs AFG record in tests?
Both have played one test match, which India won.
When will the IND vs AFG one-off test match start?
The encounter will begin on June 6.
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