India vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup Head-To-Head: Dark horse AFG hope to rewrite history
India play Afghanistan in their first Super 8 clash in the T20 World Cup 2024.
Rohit Sharma’s team will be up against a wily Afghanistan under the leadership of Rashid Khan. The Afghan side, who are traditionally the most dangerous in the T20I format will hope to spring a surprise against India – one the favourites to win the tournament.
Rashid Khan’s team have put in a couple of really impressive performances so far with their best one coming against New Zealand. Afghanistan bowled out New Zealand for just 75 runs in the group stage of the T20 World Cup, effectively knocking the side out of the tournament. The likes of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Naveen-ul-Haq have a world of experience in the format and can be really dangerous on their day.
India vs Afghanistan Head-to-Head
As it turns out, very poorly. In the 8 matches that Afghanistan have played so far. They have lost in 7 of them. In the recently concluded 3-match series against India, Afghanistan came very close to beating India, however, they lost in the Super Over.
India met Afghanistan first time in the 2010 T20 World Cup where the Men in Blue won by 7 wickets. The two teams have met each other in 2012 and 2021 editions of the tournament, both of which have gone in India’s favour. The only match that did not bear a result between AFG and IND was in the 2023 Asian Games where the rain washed out the fixture in Hangzhou, China.
IND vs AFG
Matches: 8
India: 7 (6 matches + 1 Super Over win)
Afghanistan: 0
While the Afghan Atalans might not have won a single game against India but that did not stop head coach Rahul Dravid from showing respect to the side. Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of the game, Dravid said that Afghanistan have recognised stars in their team who spend a lot of time in the Indian Premier League. Dravid added that Afghanistan deserved to be respected and India would not be making the mistake of taking them lightly in the world tournament.