Welcome to the highlights of Afghanistan vs India 3rd T20I - 2026 Afghanistan tour of India 3-match T20I series - The third and final Twenty20 International cricket match between Afghanistan and India was played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on September 17, 2026.
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| Abhishek Sharma reached his hundred off 30 balls © BCCI |
Match Overview:
An exhibition of clean-hitting display from Abhishek Sharma's 30-ball record-breaking T20I century and Sanju Samson's superb half-century sets up to India's record 127-run victory over Afghanistan and clinch the three-match series with 3-0 whitewash against Afghanistan in a historic, one-sided third & final T20I.
Match Stats:
- India's 127-run win was their sixth largest victory by terms of runs in T20 international and It is their biggest win by terms-of-runs against Afghanistan in T20Is, previous biggest win by 101-runs at Dubai (DICS) in the 2022 T20 Asia Cup.
- Afghanistan's 127-run defeat was their worst by margin of runs in T20Is, their previous worst defeat by 116-runs against England at Colombo (RPS) in the 2012 World Twenty20.
- This is the 12th time India have whitewashed their oppositions in a bilateral three-match series in T20 international and It is their second 3-0 whitewash against Afghanistan in T20Is after their 3-0 whitewash in 2024, where Afghanistan's tour of India (Including one Super Over win).
- This is the fourth time Afghanistan have suffered a clean sweep in a bilateral three-match series in T20 internationals.
- Abhishek Sharma hammered a 16-ball his second fastest fifty for India in T20 international and the fastest fifty by an Indian batsman against Afghanistan in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 20-ball half-century held by Sanju Samson at same venue earlier in this series' second T20I.
- Abhishek Sharma scored 76 runs in the powerplay, the highest-score by an Indian batsman in the powerplay in T20Is, improving his own record of 58 against England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the previous year and also the highest-score by any batsman in the powerplay in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 74 held by Kuldeep Gholiya against Malta at Gibraltar in 2023.
- India's 100 for 0 was their highest powerplay total in T20 international (powerplay of 6-overs), previous highest-powerplay was 95 for 1 against England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the last year and the joint third highest powerplay total in T20Is, jointly with England's 100 for 0 against South Africa at Manchester in the previous year.
- India's 100 off just 6-overs - Which was their fastest team 100 in T20 internationals (where Ball-by-Ball data is available). Their previous fastest team hundred was 6.3-overs against England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the last year.
- Abhishek Sharma hammered a 30-ball fastest century by an Indian batsman in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 35-ball hundred held by Rohit Sharma against Sri Lanka at Indore in 2017 and the third fastest century by any batsman in T20Is after Sahil Chauhan's 27-ball ton against Cyprus at Episkopi in 2024 and Muhammad Fahad's 29-ball century against Bulgaria at Sofia in the last year.
- Abhishek Sharma hammered a 30-ball fastest century by a full member player in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 33-ball hundred held by Sikandar Raza against Gambia at Nairobi (Ruaraka) in 2024.
- India's 142 for 1 was their third most runs after ten overs in T20Is after their 152 against Bangladesh at Hyderabad in 2024 and 143 for 2 against England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the previous year.
- Abhishek Sharma became the third Indian batsman to score a century against Afghanistan in T20Is after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
- Abhishek Sharma's 108 was his second highest score for India in T20 international and the third highest-score by an Indian batsman against Afghanistan in T20Is.
- Abhishek Sharma became the fourth Indian batsman to scored three centuries in T20Is after Rohit Sharma (5), Suryakumar Yadav (4) and Sanju Samson (3).
- 142 : Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma set a record first-wicket partnership for India against Afghanistan in T20 international, previously held by the 140-run stand between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma at Abu Dhabi in the 2021 T20 World Cup and the India's sixth highest opening stand in T20Is.
- 11 : Abhishek Sharma hit his second most sixes in an innings for India in T20 international and the most-sixes hit by an Indian batsman against Afghanistan in an innings T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 8-sixes hit by Rohit Sharma at Bengaluru in 2024.
- 142 : Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma shared the tenth highest any-wicket partnership for India in T20 international and the India's second highest any-wicket stand against Afghanistan in T20Is, The highest is unbeaten 190-run stand for the fifth-wicket between Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh at Bengaluru in 2024.
- Sanju Samson became the fifth Indian to reach 9000 runs in T20 cricket.
- 9027 : Sanju Samson scored 9027 runs in T20 cricket - The fifth most runs by Indians in T20s.
- India's 221 was their highest score against Afghanistan in T20 international, previous highest was 212 at Dubai (DICS) in the 2022 T20 Asia Cup and the joint highest total by any team at Delhi in T20Is, jointly with their 221 against Bangladesh in 2024.
- India's 18-sixes was their joint seventh most sixes in an innings in T20 international and It is their most-sixes in an innings against Afghanistan in T20Is, previous record of 14-sixes hit at Bengaluru in 2024.
- Afghanistan's 94 was their joint eighth lowest score in a completed innings in T20 international and It is their lowest-score against India in T20Is, previous lowest was 111 at Dubai (DICS) in the 2022 T20 Asia Cup.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India scored massive total of 221-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Abhishek Sharma hammered a 108 off 34-balls - which was his 3rd T20I hundred and his first century against Afghanistan in T20Is.
Sanju Samson blasted a 50 off 35-balls including 4-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 142.85, Shreyas Iyer hit 29 off 20-balls included 2-sixes with strike rate of 145 and Shivam Dube hit 14 off 10-balls contained one-six & a four.
Afghanistan best bowler by Azmatullah Omarzai took 2-wickets and one for Abdollah Ahmadzai - Rashid Khan.
Afghanistan bundled out for 94 in 14.1 overs with top scorer by Ibrahim Zadran blasted a 25 off 16-balls including 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 156.25.
Azmatullah Omarzai hit 17 off 13-balls including one-six & a four and Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 15 off 11-balls contained 3-fours.
India best bowler by Nitish Kumar Reddy picked up 3-wickets for 25-runs in 4-overs, Ravi Bishnoi captured three-wickets for 26-runs in 3.1-overs.
Axar Patel captured two-wickets for 9-runs in 3-overs with economy rate of 3, Jasprit Bumrah and Yash Thakur both took one-wickets.
Abhishek Sharma named Player of the match for his record-breaking clean-hitting batting performance to smashed a 108-runs knocked off facing just 34-balls including 11-sixes & 9-fours with strike rate of 317.64.
Abhishek Sharma earned player of the series for contributing 229 runs with average of 76.33 in the three-match series.
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