IND vs AFG: Murali Vijay brings adult century as play resumes after rain

Dhawan became a sixth actor in a universe to measure a century before lunch. Last year, Australia’s hastily opener David Warner scored 100 not out before lunch opposite Pakistan

IND vs AFG: Murali Vijay brings adult century as play resumes after rain

Opener Murali Vijay notched adult his 12th hundred as play resumed after a second sleet mangle with India resolutely in control opposite debutants Afghanistan in a ancestral one-off Test here on Thursday. Vijay strike Wafadar for a 4 over indicate to move adult his ton with Lokesh Rahul shutting in on his half century during a other end.

India were 268/1 after 50 overs as a visiting bowlers were sent on a leather hunt. Cumulatively 103 mins were mislaid due to rain.

Opener Murali Vijay (94 not out) and Lokesh Rahul (33 not out) took India to 248/1 during tea on a opening day of a one-off Test opposite Afghanistan during a M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Thursday. Vijay and Rahul common a 90-run partnership for a second wicket to take India past a 200-run symbol in 36.3 overs before sleet played spoilsport, forcing umpires to call off a afternoon event early.

Resuming a second event during 158/0, India mislaid a solitary wicket of centurion Shikhar Dhawan (107 off 96) when a Delhi opener found a thick corner off Yamin Ahmadzai’d smoothness that landed during a initial slip. The southpaw’s hit contained 19 bounds and 3 sixes.

Earlier, electing to bat after winning a toss, a Indian openers got to their act rather facilely as they brought adult their third century partnership in small 20 overs. For a visitors, nothing of a bowlers looked threatening, solely a integrate of scares, including a examination of Dhawan for leg before off Rashid when a southpaw was on 94.

At a lunch break, Murali Vijay (41 not out) and Dhawan (104 not out) went behind intact, withdrawal Afghanistan to rethink over their strategies in their initial ever Test. Dhawan looked in high hold right from a start, punishing a gait twin of Yamin Ahmadzai and Wafadar for stately bounds before promulgation his Sunrisers Hyderabad teammate Rashid Khan to a cleaners.

The Delhi southpaw has now turn a usually Indian to measure a century in a opening event of a Test match. With Vijay personification a composed innings during a other end, Dhawan looked unstoppable and got to his seventh exam ton in small 87 balls even as a famed Afghan spin contingent of Mohammed Nabi, Rashid and Mujeeb Ur Rahman seemed all during sea with this format.

With a Chinnaswamy lane charity a bit of transformation for a quicks, and some spin for a slower bowlers, a left-hander looked unruffled as he took Rashid for 3 uninterrupted boundaries, including a 6 before rising a Mujeeb for another 3 behind to behind fours.

Brief Scores: India 248/1 (Shikhar Dhawan 104, Murali Vijay 94 not out; Yamin Ahmadzai 1/28) vs Afghanistan during Tea

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