After back-to-back defeats in their first two Super 12 matches, the Indian cricket team finally bounced back into form and opened their account in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021. Team India defeated Afghanistan by 66 runs on Wednesday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi to register their maiden win of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021 tournament.
With this win, the Indian side has moved one place from fifth to fourth in the points table. On the other hand, Afghanistan is now in a tricky situation as they will go into their last game of the tournament. After being asked to bat first, the Indian batters put up a stellar show with the bat and registered a target of 210 runs
India was back to their regular openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma, who gave a flying start to the team. Both the cricketers formed a formidable partnership as they smashed the Afghan bowlers to all the corners of the ground, scoring 69 and 74 runs respectively.
Later, the Indian bowlers restricted the Afghans from chasing the target with ease. Mohammed Shami and Ravi Ashwin gave a tough time to the Afghan batters as they picked 3 and 2 wickets each respectively. Interestingly, team India also recorded the highest team total in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021.
Meanwhile, soon after the match was over social media was flooded with amazing reactions from the fans to it. From cricketers, experts to fans, everyone took to Twitter and heaped praises on the Indian cricket team for their amazing performances. There were many who came up with hilarious memes on the game and left everyone in splits.
Here, check out some of the funniest memes we found on Twitter:
Afghanistan team right now : #IndvsAfg pic.twitter.com/8IOUVA44bl
— Piyush Jaiswal (@d3simerollin) November 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/Zero_humour/status/1455948543177363461?s=20
— Desi Bhayo (@desi_bhayo88) November 3, 2021
*After taking wickets of Rohit and KL Rahul*
Team Afghanistan – We are back in the game.
Rishabh Pant & Hardik Pandya – pic.twitter.com/KpqDIfGKSi
— Nidhi (@Sassy_Naari_) November 3, 2021
Afghanistan team right now : #IndvsAfg pic.twitter.com/8IOUVA44bl
— Piyush Jaiswal (@d3simerollin) November 3, 2021
Rohit Sharma to that Media Reporter who said to drop him#T20WorldCup21 #INDvsAFG #RohithSharma pic.twitter.com/yCyyO8zHy8
— कन्हैया ? (@RahulTi92196361) November 3, 2021
*Indian cricket fans right now*#India #INDvsAFG pic.twitter.com/Z4VaYeMeXE
— Vivek Gautam (@Imvivek04) November 3, 2021
Even Rahul Dravid couldn’t fix this, how can Afghanistan? pic.twitter.com/uYbNjSHueH
— Kanav Bali? (@Concussion__Sub) November 3, 2021
#INDvsAFG
Virat after winning today’s match: pic.twitter.com/ocgUZqc6VQ— رومانا (@RomanaRaza) November 3, 2021
third umpire leaving his office after the match: pic.twitter.com/LfAzfQORq1
— Kanav Bali? (@Concussion__Sub) November 3, 2021
