IND vs AFG LIVE Score, 3rd T20I 2026: Abhishek Sharma departs after record ton, India lose first wicket

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Abhishek Sharma has looked absolutely magical as he has gone bereserk against the Afghanistan attack. He smashed his century in just 30 balls. This is now the fastest century by an Indian in T20I history, breaking the record previously held by Rohit Sharma.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Even before reaching his hundred, Abhishek Sharma has smashed a world record. He scored 76 runs in the powerplay, which is the most runs by a batter in the first six overs of a T20I game.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Abhishek Sharma has slammed 76 runs in the powerplay itself as he has slammed the Afghan bowlers all over the park. Alongside Sanju Samson, the duo have hit 100 runs in the powerplay itself. Can India finally breach the 300-run mark tonight?

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Abhishek Sharma has hit his second fifty of the series, this time off just 16 deliveries. Sanju Samson has also got into the act, as the duo hit 29 runs in the fifth over of the match bowled by Mohammad Nabi.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma have gotten off to yet another great start for India. The duo have stitched a half-century partnership, with Abhishek being the aggressor. However, Sanju too, has got into the groove, shifting gears as Afghanistan brought in the spinners to the attack.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Abhishek Sharma has continued the form that he showed in the first two matches vs Afghanistan. He smashed two sixes and two fours in the third obver, as he has raced to 42 from 13 balls. Sanju Samson is looking quiet at the other end.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: After getting his eye in the first over of the game, India have finally gone all guns blazing thanks to Abhishek Sharma. The left-hander smashed a couple of sixes and boundaries, as India score 17 runs off the second over.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: It was an unusual cautious start from openers Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson in the first over bowled by Fazalhaq Farooqi. Abhishek did it one boundary, but both openers did not go on the offensive and got their eye in.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: At the toss, Shreyas Iyer said that India might not go all guns blazing right from the onset, meaning we might see a measured approach.

“We are batting first. That doesn’t mean that we are going to go completely berserk. We need to adapt. We need to see to it that we are getting acclimatized to the situation as well. So yeah, good challenge, looking forward to it,” Iyer said at the toss.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Here are the playing XIs for both sides:

India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah

Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran(c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Noor ul Rahman, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: For the third straight match of the series againt Afghanistan, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has not found a place in the India playing XI. India have made just one change to their playing XI. Yash Thakur comes into the lineup in place of Arshdeep Singh.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Afghanistan have won the toss and have opted to bowl first. This means that India will bat first for the first time in this series.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Jasprit Bumrah has been in great form in the series against Afghanistan. He has been tremendously economical, finishing with figures of 1/25 and 1/26 respectively in the first two games. He has bowled at an 6.4 runs per over. In fact, he bowled a rare maiden over in the last game against Afghanistan. However, despite his performance in the series so far, India are unlikely to play Bumrah in this dead rubber of a contest, as they would like to keep him fresh for the Asian Games 2026 campaign. Yash Thakur might get a chance in the playing XI.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Abhishek Sharma has been the standout batter for India in the first two matches against Afghanistan in this series. He is the top scorer in the series scoring 121 runs in two games, including a Player of the Match winning 80 in the first game. He has scored these runs at an astonishing strike rate of 237.25. In fact, he has hit 11 sixes in the series so far, which is just one less than the total number of sixes hit by the whole Afghanistan team (12).

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: The India vs Afghanistan 3rd T20I can be streamed live on the FanCode app and website.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Sanju Samson has more or less cemented his place at the top of the order in the srries against Afghanistan, especially with his blazing half-century in the last game. However, with the match being a dead rubber tonight, all eyes will be on whether Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gets a chance at the top of the order. If he does, it will be his first international match on home soil.

IND vs AFG LIVE Score: Hello and welcome from the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, as India take on Afghanistan in the third and final T20I of the three-matc