India vs Afghanistan, Team India Report Card: The Winning Machine Returns

T20 World Cup: India registered their first win of the campaign, defeating Afghanistan on Wednesday by 66 runs.

Virat Kohli lost the toss again, and India were asked to bat first. But this was Abu Dhabi and the Indian captain said at the toss that being asked to bat first might work against a team like Afghanistan. Kohli's belief was vindicated when India's openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul dominated proceedings and put together a 140-run opening stand. Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya built upon the foundation to take India to their second-highest total of 210 runs in T20 World Cup history. Ravichandran Ashwin's return to T20Is after a gap of more than 4 years proved fruitful as he finished with figures of 2/14 as India ran out winners by 66 runs. But is this a case of too little too late?

Here is our report card of Team India's performance against Afghanistan

1) Rohit Sharma (74) - 8/10

Rohit was back to being his composed self and played quality shots against both spin and pace to give a flying start to the innings. Afghanistan's bowlers didn't trouble Rohit much and paid for their lack of homework against the right-handed opener.

2) KL Rahul (69) - 8/10