Watch the highlights of India vs Afghanistan Only Test - 2026 Afghanistan tour of India - The one-off Test cricket match between India and Afghanistan played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh on June 06 to 08, 2026.
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| KL Rahul made an exact 100 for the third time in Tests © BCCI |
Match Overview:
KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar and Manav Suthar guided India's record-breaking an innings and 300-run victory over inexperienced Afghanistan in a historic, one-sided one-off Test match.
Match Stats:
- India's innings and 300-run win was their largest victory by terms of an innings & runs in Test cricket history, surpassing the their previous biggest win by an innings & 272-runs against West Indies at Rajkot in 2018 and the tenth biggest win by team in the terms-of-an-inning & runs in Tests.
- KL Rahul became the third Indian batsman to score a century against Afghanistan in Tests after Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay.
- Shubman Gill became the fourth Indian batsman to score a hundred against Afghanistan in Tests.
- 139 : KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan set up the record second-wicket partnership for India against Afghanistan in Test matches, previously held by the 112-run stand between Murali Vijay and KL Rahul at Bengaluru in 2018.
- 169 : Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant set up the record fourth-wicket partnership for India against Afghanistan in Test matches, previously held by the 34-run stand between Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane at Bengaluru in 2018.
- India's 564 was their highest score against Afghanistan in Test matches, previous highest was 474 at Bengaluru in 2018.
- Mohammad Saleem's 6 for 140 was the sixth best bowling figures for Afghanistan in Test matches and the best-bowling-figures by an Afghanistan bowler against India in Tests, surpassing the previous record of 3 for 51 held by Yamin Ahmadzai at Bengaluru in 2021.
- Mohammad Saleem became the first Afghanistan bowler to take a five-wicket haul against India in Test cricket history.
- Mohammad Saleem became the sixth Afghanistan bowler to claimed a five-wicket haul in Test cricket history.
- Manav Suthar became the ninth Indian player to win the Man-of-the-match award on debut Test match.
- Manav Suthar's 6 for 33 was the third best debut bowling figures for India in Test matches after Narendra Hirwani - who took eight wickets in both innings on debut match, his 8 for 61 and 8 for 75 against West Indies at Chennai in 1988.
- 15 Innings : Shubman Gill became the third fastest to reach 6th Test hundreds as captain in terms of innings in Test cricket after Don Bradman and Alastair Cook both took 14 innings to reach this feat.
- 15 Innings : Shubman Gill became the second fastest Indian captain to reach 1000 Test runs in terms of Innings after Sunil Gavaskar - who took 14 innings to reach this feat.
- Rahmat Shah became the first Afghanistan batsman to reach 1000 Test runs.
- Afghanistan's 112 was their third highest in a completed innings in Test matches and also It is their third lowest-score against India in Tests.
- Afghanistan's 152 was their tenth lowest score in a completed innings in Test matches and It is their fourth lowest-score against India in Tests.
Short Summary:
- Day 1 : Captain Shubman Gill and Vice-captain KL Rahul's centuries, Sai Sudharsan and Rishabh Pant's half-centuries puts India commanding position on the opening day of the one-off Test match.
- Day 2 : Debutant Manav Suthar and Prasidh Krishna's combined 5-wickets as Afghanistan scored 113 for 5 after India pile up 564 despite Mohammad Saleem's six-for in the day two of the one-off Test match.
- Day 3 : Debutant Manav Suthar's debut six-for, Washington Sundar's four-for and Kuldeep Yadav's three-for gives India win inside three days in the one-off Test match.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India 1st Innings scored 564-8 for declared in 127 overs with top scorer by Shubman Gill blasted a 126 off 177-balls - which was his 11th Test hundred and his first century against Afghanistan in Tests - including 15-fours & a six with strike rate of 71.18.
KL Rahul cracked a 100 off 165-balls - which was his 12th Test hundred and his first century against Afghanistan in Tests - including 11-fours.
Sai Sudharsan blasted a 81 off 104-balls including 13-fours with strike rate of 77.88, Rishabh Pant hit a 81 off 121-balls included 6-fours & 3-sixes.
Washington Sundar blasted a unbeaten 52 off 68-balls including 5-fours & a six with strike rate of 76.47, Debutant Manav Suthar - who scored 28 off 41-balls on his debut Test match - included 2-sixes & 2-fours.
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 24 off 32-balls including 5-fours with strike rate of 75, Mohammed Siraj hammered a 22 off 12-balls including 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 183.33 and Dhruv Jurel hit 19 off 20-balls contained 4-fours with strike rate of 95.
1st Innings Afghanistan best bowler by Mohammad Saleem claimed a career-best 6-wickets for 140-runs in 27-overs including three maidens, Ziaur Rahman and Hashmatullah Shahidi both took one-wickets.
Afghanistan 1st Innings scored 152 for all-out in 58.4 overs with top scorer by Rahmat Shah struck 60 off 135-balls including 9-fours & a six.
Sediqullah Atal struck 17 off 27-balls including 3-fours and Abdul Malik hit 16 off 18-balls contained 3-fours.
1st Innings India best bowler by Debutant Manav Suthar - who claimed a 6-wickets for 33-runs in 22-overs on his debut Test match - including ten maidens, Prasidh Krishna picked up 3-wickets for 37-runs in 11-overs included two maidens and Washington Sundar took one-wicket.
Afghanistan 2nd Innings scored 112 for all-out (follow-on) in 35.5 overs with top scorer by Sediqullah Atal struck 42 off 80-balls including 5-fours & a six.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit a run-a-ball 24-runs included 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 100 and Rahmat Shah scored 13 off 16-balls contained a boundary.
2nd Innings India best bowler by Washington Sundar claimed a 4-wickets for 36-runs in 11-overs including four maidens, Kuldeep Yadav picked up 3-wickets for 30-runs in 7.5-overs, Mohammed Siraj and Manav Suthar both took one-wickets.
Manav Suthar named Player of the match for his impressive debut bowling performance to took 7-wickets in an match.
Day 3 Highlights
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