India vs Afghanistan match scorecard: India win the 3rd T20I by 127 runs

The scorecard at a glance

The third T20I between India and Afghanistan was played on 17 September 2026 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. The ICC match report records:

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

India won by 127 runs and completed a 3–0 series sweep.

India’s 221 was built around one decisive innings

Abhishek Sharma scored 108 from 34 balls and Sanju Samson contributed 50 from 35. The BCCI report records nine fours and 11 sixes in Abhishek’s innings.

That makes the shape of the result clear. This was primarily a first-innings batting performance, rather than a close chase decided in the final over. Abhishek supplied the major scoring impact, while India still reached 221/7 after 20 overs.

Afghanistan’s chase ended well before 20 overs

Afghanistan were dismissed for 94 in 14.1 overs. Ravi Bishnoi took 3/26 and Nitish Kumar Reddy took 3/25, according to the ICC report.

The 127-run margin matters alongside the all-out score: Afghanistan did not take the chase into the closing overs. Reading the innings length together with the result gives a more useful picture than looking only at the winning margin.

What the fastest-century searches actually mean

Abhishek Sharma reached his hundred in 30 balls. The BCCI and ICC describe it as the fastest T20I hundred by an Indian batter.

The qualifier is important. This supports an India-specific T20I record claim; it does not, by itself, prove that 30 balls is the fastest century in all forms of T20 cricket. The scorecard establishes the innings, while the official reports provide the narrower record context.

The short answer

India scored 221/7, Afghanistan were all out for 94, and India won the third T20I by 127 runs. Abhishek Sharma’s 108 off 34 was the defining batting contribution, and his 30-ball hundred was reported as the fastest T20I century by an Indian batter.