Chennai ki garmi aur Prasidh Krishna ki aag ugalati bowling: Afghanistan ke batters ke paas aaj koi jawaab nahi tha. Chepauk ke maidan par Blue Jersey ka dabdaba aisa raha ki visitors ne ghutne tek diye. Halaki captain Hashmatullah Shahidi ne ek ladaaku century zaroor lagayi, lekin India ki lethal pace attack ke saamne unka yeh effort sirf izzat bachane tak hi seemit reh gaya.
The Guru Story
Match shuru hote hi Prasidh Krishna ne tabahi machana shuru kar diya. Unhone apne shuruati 5 overs mein sirf 6 runs dekar 4 wickets jhatak liye aur Afghanistan ki kamar tod di. Captain Rohit Sharma ne first slip par deewar bankar khade hote hue teen behtareen catches pakde. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmat Shah, aur Ibrahim Zadran sabhi Prasidh ki extra bounce aur swing ka shikaar bane. Ek waqt par score 36 par 4 wicket tha aur aisa lag raha tha ki innings 100 tak bhi nahi pahunchegi.
Is mushkil ghadi mein Hashmatullah Shahidi aur Azmatullah Omarzai ne kamaan sambhali. Dono ke beech 105 runs ki partnership hui jisne innings ko thoda sambhala. Shahidi ne 102 runs ki behatreen innings kheli, jo unki maiden ODI century hai. Lekin Afghanistan ki discipline unki sabse badi dushman bani. Shahidi pitch ke danger area par baar-baar daudte rahe, jiske kaaran unhe teen baar warning mili aur ant mein India ko 5-run penalty mil gayi. Iska matlab hai ki India apni innings 5 for no loss se shuru karega.
Middle overs mein Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, aur Harsh Dubey ne milkar bowling ki. Halaki Shahidi ne inpar thoda counter-attack kiya, lekin Shubman Gill ki chusti ne fielding mein jaan foonk di. Gill ne do brilliant run-outs kiye, jisme Allah Ghazanfar aur Fareed Ahmad ko pavilion lauta kar Afghanistan ki lower order ujaad di. Ant mein Prasidh Krishna ne apna 5-wicket haul poora kiya aur puri team 218 runs par all out ho gayi.
Analysis & Numbers
- Prasidh Krishna ne 5-23 ke figures ke saath apne career ka maiden ODI five-for liya.
- Hashmatullah Shahidi ne 128 balls par 102 runs banaye, jo unka pehla ODI shatshak hai.
- India ko pitch invasion penalty ke kaaran 5 runs muft mein mile, jo chase mein bada fayda denge.
- Shubman Gill ne do consecutive balls par do run-outs karke captaincy aur fielding dono ka jalwa dikhaya.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Prasidh Krishna ne aaj dikha diya ki unki height aur bounce duniya ke kisi bhi batting lineup ko tabah kar sakti hai. Afghanistan ne fight back toh kiya lekin unki game-sense zero rahi. Pitch par running penalty aur back-to-back run-outs dikhate hain ki woh pressure handle nahi kar paye. India ke liye yeh target halwa hona chahiye. Hamari all-rounder heavy side ne ball se apna kaam kar diya hai, ab batters ki baari hai Chennai ke crowd ko entertain karne ki.
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