India vs Afghanistan - Five talking points at the end of the match

#3 Sub-par Afghan batting display

Afsar Zazai was clueless at facing this delivery from Ishant Sharma

The downfall was complete as Ashwin tossed one that pitched on off, a simple off-break but Wafadar, the Afghan no. 11 for some strange reason decided to leave, as the ball continued on its unobstructed path, clipping the middle stump.

When many balls that would have gone outside off-stump could have been left, the batsmen had flung their bats at them and gotten themselves out, and finally one of them decided to leave a ball that was going straight to the stumps.

Throughout the day, the batsmen had shown a complete ignorance on how to face a particular ball, and this final delivery summed up the entire day in a nutshell. The Afghans were guilty of a very dismal batting display, and it does not matter as to which innings they fared worse.

They clearly showed the mentality of playing limited-overs cricket, with a lot of batsmen attempting loose shots on well-pitched deliveries. Unfortunately for them, they failed a number of times than they succeeded, with catches repeatedly taken in the slips and in the outfield.