The Afghanistan cricket team has faced the Men in Blue thrice in T20 World Cups so far, and have been defeated on all three occasions. The two teams faced each other in the 2010, 2012 and 2021 editions of the tournament and the then minnows lost each time. It is almost a decade since they met again but the minnows are no longer minnows and might give a tough competition to the inaugural champions of the T20 World Cup.
Here is the table of all encounters between India and Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup:
| Winner | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Venue | Match Date | Toss |
| India | 66 runs | v Afghanistan | Sheikh Zayed | Abu Dhabi | 3 Nov 2021 | lost |
| India | 23 runs | v Afghanistan | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 19 Sep 2012 | lost |
| India | 7 wickets | v Afghanistan | Gros Islet | West Indies | 1 May 2010 | won |
IND vs AFG T20 World Cup - 2021
Afghanistan put India in to bat at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The Indian batters KL Rahul (69 off 48) and Rohit Sharma (74 off 47) played with maturity to take the Indian total to 210/2. Afghanistan chased the big total of 211 but at the end of 20th over Afghanistan were 144/7. Mohammed Shami (3/32) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2/14) picked the majority of wickets to hand India the victory.
IND vs AFG T20 World Cup - 2012
Afghanistan put India in to bat at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. It wasn’t the best tracks to bat on but Indian batters Virat Kohli (50 off 39) and Suresh Raina (38 off 33) played with maturity to take the Indian total to 159/5. Afghanistan were on the right track with 75-2 around the 11-over mark but then kept losing wickets at regular intervals as they were bowled out for 136. Lakshmipathy Balaji (3/19), Yuvraj Singh (3/24) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2/20) picked the majority of wickets to hand India the victory.
IND vs AFG T20 World Cup - 2010
Afghanistan entered the history books after playing their first-ever T20 World Cup match on 1 May 2010 against India in Gros Islet. After being put in to bat first, Noor Ali Zadran walked in with his opening partner Karim Sadiq and recorded a half-century in almost the same number of balls. MS Dhoni and Ashish Nehra combined to take the top three wickets and ensured that Afghanistan didn't get ahead of the game. Afghanistan finished with 115/8 on the board and the Indians did not waste time in getting to the target. Murali Vijay (48 off 46) was helped by Yuvraj Singh (23* off 22) and MS Dhoni (15* off 6) to finish off the run-chase.
Check out the T20 World Cup 2021 Afghanistan schedule here.
Who won most matches in IND vs AFG T20 World Cup?
India has won the most number of matches against Afghanistan with a stat of 2-0
