Manav Suthar to Rahmat Shah, Fuller and flatter on off, Rahmat Shah blocks this out.
Kuldeep Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries to end the over. Full and on the pads, Hashmatullah Shahidi flicks this well in front of square towards the deep mid-wicket region for four runs. Afghanistan trail by 487 runs. 288 more needed to avoid the follow-on.
Kuldeep Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, DROPPED, FOUR! A genuine outside edge induced by Kuldeep Yadav, but KL Rahul at first slip grasses the chance. Kuldeep drags the length back and bowls this on a nagging length, around off, turning away from the batter. Hashmatullah Shahidi comes onto his front foot and looks to block this, but gets an outside edge. The ball goes low towards Rahul around his left boot. He is late to get down, and the ball clips his fingertips before racing to the third man region for four.
Kuldeep Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Kuldeep gives this a lot more air, bowls it full and on off, Hashmatullah Shahidi blocks this out.
Kuldeep Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Tossed up, around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi drives this past the bowler to mid off.
Kuldeep Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Taken on the second attempt! Is it off the bat? Flighted, wide outside off, draws the batter into the drive. The ball turns away after pitching, beats the outside edge of the batter and Rishabh Pant grabs this on the juggle. A lot of chatter to send this upstairs for DRS regarding caught behind but India decide against it. There was a noise, but it seemed to be from the bat hitting the turf.
Kuldeep Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Fuller around off, turning away from the batter. Shahidi blocks this to silly point.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Tossed up, around off, Shahidi presses close to the pitch of the ball and drives this to the right of extra cover for a single. Hashmatullah gets off the mark on the 17th delivery he has faced.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Manav attacks the pads of Shahidi with a quicker one, on middle and leg, Hashmatullah tucks this to backward square leg.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Fired wide of off, Hashmatullah Shahidi leaves it all alone.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Quicker one, on middle and off, Hashmatullah Shahidi keeps it out.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Fuller around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi puts on the dancing shoes and comes down the track. He slogs at it but miscues it towards a slightly deep mid-wicket. Shahidi is yet to get off the mark.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Darted onto the pads, Hashmatullah Shahidi clips this to mid-wicket.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Tossed up, around off, Rahmat Shah blocks it to mid-wicket.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! This is a loose ball from Kuldeep Yadav and Rahmat makes him pay. A drag down, wide of off, Rahmat Shah hops quickly onto his back foot and punches this through the covers region for a boundary.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Nicely tossed up, around off, Rahmat Shah defends this off his front foot.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Kuldeep drags his length back here, bowls it outside off. Rahmat Shah defends this to silly point.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Tossed up, around off, Shah drives this to the bowler's left. Kuldeep puts in a dive and fields it.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Flatter and fuller around off, Rahmat Shah rocks back and blocks this out.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Gives it a lot more air, does Manav, bowls it full and outside off. Hashmatullah Shahidi dabs this to short third.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Fuller around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi blocks this around covers.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Tossed up, around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi gets on top of the bounce and keeps it out.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Pushed through on off, Hashmatullah Shahidi keeps it out.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Quicker one, around off, turning back into the batter. Hashmatullah Shahidi tucks this to mid-wicket.
Manav Suthar to Rahmat Shah, Fuller around off, Shah blocks this off his front foot.
Kuldeep Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Flighted, around off, Shahidi drives this to short cover.
Kuldeep Yadav to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Quicker one, around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi blocks this out.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Half a chance for the bowler. Tossed up, around off, Rahmat jumps close to the pitch of the ball and lofts this over the bowler for a single down to long on. Kuldeep Yadav does put in a jump but ends up getting nowhere close to the ball.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Shah is looking a lot more confident against Kuldeep. Maybe Yadav needs to come around the stumps here to just unsettle him. Full and on off, Shah keeps it out.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Flighted around off, Rahmat Shah defends this off his front foot this time.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Fuller at a quicker pace, around off, Shah blocks this off his back foot.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Fuller, around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi has had enough of blocking around and he shimmies down the track and swings at it. The ball hits the bottom of his bat and rolls to mid-wicket.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Tossed up, around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi presses onto his front foot and keeps it out.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Pushed through around off, HS rocks back and keeps it out.
Manav Suthar to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Quicker and flatter around off, Hashmatullah Shahidi blocks this off his back foot.
The Afghanistan skipper, Hashmatullah Shahidi makes his way out to bat.
Manav Suthar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! CAUGHT! Gurbaz has to take the long walk back as Manav gets his second wicket. Perfect seam position angling towards the slip cordon, flighted, around off. The ball lands outside off and turns away from the batter. Rahmanullah Gurbaz looks to dab this towards the silly point area, but the ball catches an outside edge and travels low to the right of Sai Sudharsan at second slip. Sai is placed there closer than usual with a helmet. He gets low, goes with both hands and holds onto it. Afghanistan are 62/3, trailing by 502 runs. 303 runs more are needed to avoid the follow-on.
Manav Suthar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Pushed through on off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz blocks this off his front foot.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Full, around off, Rahmat Shah pushes this from the inner portion of his bat back to the bowler.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Quicker and fuller on off, Rahmat Shah defends this off his back foot.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, FOUR! Wrong'un from Kuldeep Yadav is read well by Rahmat Shah. The batter rocks onto his back foot and punches this through the covers region for a boundary here.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Flighted, on middle. This is driven back to the bowler.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, This is on the fuller side, on off. Gurbaz works it in front of mid off for one.
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahmat Shah, Tossed up, around off, Rahmat Shah pushes this wide of point for a single.
DRINKS! It has been a phase of play where Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rahmat Shah have negated the threat of Indian spinners really well. Afghanistan are way behind the Indian total but they are slowly and steadily building to something substantial. At 56 for 2 after 18 overs, Afghanistan will be hoping that they end the day without losing any further wickets, whereas India will be looking to make inroads.
Manav Suthar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nearly sneaked through! Sliding on with the angle, full and on middle. Rahmanullah Gurbaz presses forward and ekes out an inside edge onto the pads while trying to defend.
Manav Suthar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Coming in with the arm, on a length, on middle and leg. Gurbaz tickles it to short fine leg.
Manav Suthar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Floated up, around off, Gurbaz pads it away.
Manav Suthar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Pushed through, on a good length, on the pads. Rahmanullah turns it to backward square leg.
Manav Suthar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fuller now, on off, a bit of turn. Gurbaz lunges to smother the spin.