India vs Afghanistan Live Score, Asia Cup 2022: Virat Kohli’s maiden T20I century powers IND to 212/2 vs AFG

Virat Kohli finally ended his century drought, and powered India to 212/2 against Afghanistan in the Super 4 encounter at the Asia Cup on Thursday. It took him 53 deliveries to reach the milestone, which came after he smashed Fareed Ahmad for a six in the 19th over. Kohli walked in to open the innings with KL Rahul and returned unbeaten on 122 off 61 balls, which included twelve 4s and six 6s. The opening pair provided India with an explosive start after being invited to bat first. The duo added 119 runs for the opening wicket, before Fareed removed Rahul on 62(41). He then packed Suryakumar Yadav in the same over. Kohli along with Rishabh Pant then drove the Indian innings. Rahul is leading India as the Men In Blue made three changes in their line-up. Regular skipper Rohit Sharma has been rested. Apart from him Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal have also been benched. Deepak Chahar, Dinesh Karthik, and Axar Patel have been added in the playing XI. The journey at Asia Cup 2022 is over for both India and Afghanistan but they will surely look to end the tournament on a high.