Virat Kohli scores a century against Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022, India registers a convincing win

India beat Afghanistan by 101runs in the Asia Cup 2022 held in Dubai. One highlight of this huge win was the century of Virat Kohli. It was his maiden T20I century. He was promoted to open the batting and he proved his worth. India was in a precarious situation and might have been eliminated from the tournament. Kohli (33) remained unbeaten on 122 runs off 61 balls and helped the men in blue to post a score of 212/2 in 20 overs against Afghanistan. Kohli hit 12 boundaries and six sixers (over boundaries). Stand-in skipper KL Rahul , on his part, scored 62 runs. India vs Afghanistan Highlights Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 Updates: Ton-up Kohli, Bhuvneshwar's Fifer Guide IND to Massive Win Over AFG.

Afghanistan was no match for India. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up five wickets and wrecked the opponents. Incidentally, he claimed the five wickets for just four runs in his four overs. It devastated the Afghanistan team and India registered a massive win to end the tournament on a high.

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India lost the toss and had to bat first. They had a shaky start by losing KL Rahul and Virat Kohli in quick succession. However, captain Rohit Sharma steadied he innings with Suryakumar Yadav. The two of them added 100 runs in just 12 overs. Rohit scored 72 runs in 42 balls – it included 4 sixers and 5 boundaries. Yadav went out after scoring just 34 runs in 29 balls. Then followed Hardik Pandya and Risabh Pant. Both of them went back to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs each. India finally ended its innings at 173 for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. For Sri Lanka, Dilshan Madushanka took 3 wickets while Chamika Karunaratne and Dasun Shanaka took 2 wickets each. Sri Lanka defeats India by 6 wickets in Asia Cup 2022.

Sri Lanka responded to the Indian challenge well. Its openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis dominated the game from the beginning. They crossed 50 runs in just five overs with the former scoring 52 runs in 37 balls and his partner scored 57 runs in 37 balls. Sri Lanka won the match in the last over. Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took 3 wickets. With this loss, India is almost out of the tournament. It lost to Pakistan in its previous match and India's hopes would depend on the performance of Afghanistan against Pakistan on Wednesday.

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Sanjay Dutt to play the role of a military officer in Torbaaz

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will be playing the role of an army officer in director Girish Malik’s next, titled Torbaaz. In the film the actor plays an army officer who wants to give the ‘children of war’ a ray of hope.
The story of “Torbaaz” is based in Afghanistan and is about child suicide bombers of Afghanistan, who have been trained to believe that killing is a virtue and glory is in an afterlife.
The film is produced by Raju Chadha and Rahul Mittra.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 17 September 2016.

Sanjay Dutt has said that he is keen to be a part of films that are highly content driven and wants to create a memorable slate of films for my fans. Girish Malik, the director of the film, is impressed with the actor ans has said that he had got into the world of ‘Torbaaz’ quite easily. He was the first choice for the role.
Torbaaz is likely to go on floors by 2017.


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