Prasidh Krishna’s excellent 5-wicket haul in the 1st innings and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s sensational century in the 2nd, helped India complete a 3-0 ODI series whitewash of Afghanistan
Published: June 20, 2026, 9:16 PM IST
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Indian players celebrate with the winner’s trophy after defeating Afghanistan in the third and final ODI match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai, on Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
Shubman Gill’s team India completed a comprehensive 3-0 whitewash of Afghanistan with a sensational 9-wicket victory in the series concluding 3rd ODI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Individual brilliances from Prasidh Krishna and Yashasvi Jaiswal across both innings paved the for the Indian team to conclude this summer’s first home series on a high.
The Men in Blue will now embark on European tours of Ireland and England where they will play a full-fledged white-ball series, starting with 2 T20Is in Dublin.
All eyes will be on newly appointed T20 captain Shreyas Iyer, who will lead team India in 7 matches – 2 in Ireland and 5 in England.
India will then lock horns with the Three Lions in a 3-match ODI series which will see the return of former captain Virat Kohli who missed the matches against Afghanistan due to an hamstring injury.
Prasidh Krishna’s initial onslaught
Prasidh Krishna breathed fire right after Afghan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bowl first. The right-arm pacer got into the act right away when he removed the in-form Rahmanullah Gurbaz for just 5 runs in just the 2nd over of the innings. Gurbaz’s eyes lit up when he saw Krishna bowling an outside off delivery but the ball slightly swung away and took the Afghanistan opener’s outside edge for an easy catch to Rohit Sharma.
The next two wickets of Rahmat Shah (5 off 15) and Ibrahim Zadran (11 off 18) were absolutely identical with Prasidh Krishna bowling in the same line-length and Rohit Sharma completing another two catches at 1st slip.
By taking back-to-back three catches, Rohit Sharma created history by grabbing all three of Afghanistan’s top-order batters off Prasidh Krishna’s brilliant opening spell. This was the first time in India’s 1,078-match ODI history that a fielder caught the top 3 batters off the same bowler.
Prasidh Krishna was on target again when he removed Darwish Abdul Rasooli for 1 run to in the 10th over to reduce Afghanistan for 36/4. The visitors were in desperate need of a solid partnership and that arrived in the form of skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai’s 104-stand.
While Omarzai departed right after hitting his half-century, Shahidi went on to smash his maiden one-day century while battling cramps under the scorching Chennai sun. He stitched a 57-run partnership with the veteran Mohammad Nabi who contributed 21 runs.
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But once Nabi was departed wickets began to fall quickly around Shahidi, who gathered his last ounce of energy to bat through the pain, taking Afghanistan to a total of 218.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma star with the bat
India’s chase was headlined by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma, who made quick work of Afghanistan’s 218-ball target. Benefiting from the 5-run penalty before a ball was even bowled, the Indian openers put on a blistering 170-run partnership to completely take the game away from the visitors.
Rohit fell after a fluent 79 off 69 balls, hitting 9 fours and 3 sixes. Jaiswal continued his fine form by smashing an unbeaten 110 off 86 balls with 14 boundaries and 3 sixes. After Rohit’s departure, Shreyas Iyer joined Jaiswal to finish the match in just 28.4 overs, securing a comfortable 9-wicket win for India.
