Indore : India beat Afghanistan by 6 wickets (with 26 balls to spare) in the second T20I in Indore on Sunday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (68) and Shivam Dube (63 not out) scored half-centuries to power India to victory. Jaiswal hit six sixes in his 34-ball innings, while Dube got his second unbeaten half-century of the series, scoring 63 off 32 balls.
India chased down Afghanistan’s 172-run target in just 15.4 overs.
Virat Kohli, who returned to the T20I side after 14 months, scored 29 off 16 balls.
Arshdeep Singh (3-32) and Axar Patel (2-17) starred with the ball for India, restricting Afghanistan to 172.
Gulbadin Naib (57) top-scored for Afghanistan.
Rohit Sharma, who was playing his 150th T20I, was dismissed for a duck for the second time in the series.
India will look to complete a clean sweep when they face Afghanistan in the third and final T20I in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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