India vs Afghanistan 3rd T20I Match Scorecard: India Win by 127 Runs

Which India–Afghanistan scorecard is this?

The relevant fixture is the third T20I of the three-match series, played on 17 September 2026 at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. The BCCI’s fixture notice listed the series for 13, 15 and 17 September, so the date matters when searching for the correct scorecard.

India vs Afghanistan: scorecard at a glance

Innings	Score	Overs
India	221/7	20
Afghanistan	94 all out	14.1

Result: India won by 127 runs. The margin comes from the difference between India’s 221 and Afghanistan’s 94. Afghanistan were bowled out with 35 balls of their allotted innings still unused; this was not a chase that went down to the final over.

Abhishek Sharma’s 108 changed the shape of the match

Abhishek Sharma scored 108 from 34 balls, including a century in 30 balls. The ICC described it as the fastest T20I hundred by an Indian batter and the third-fastest men’s T20I hundred overall at the time.

That distinction is important. The record is specifically for T20I cricket, not a blanket claim about every domestic or franchise T20 match. His 108 was also 14 runs more than Afghanistan’s entire completed innings, which shows why the batting score alone explains much of India’s winning margin.

Sanju Samson added 50, giving India a second half-century in an innings that reached 221/7. On the other side, India’s bowling was led by Nitish Kumar Reddy, who took 3/25, while Ravi Bishnoi also claimed three wickets for 26 runs.

What the scorecard tells us

The match had two clear phases: India created a very large first-innings total through an extraordinary individual hundred, and Afghanistan’s reply ended well before 20 overs. The 3–0 series result therefore reflects more than a narrow finish—the final scorecard shows India controlled both the scoring rate and the length of the chase.