Manav Suthar being congratulated by teammates after taking his maiden wicket in Tests on day 2 of the one-off Test against Afghanistan on June 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI
Debutant Manav Suthar took his maiden wicket, as he dismissed Abdul Malik for 16 at the stroke of tea. The other opener Sediqullah Atal was batting on 11 at the break.
Earlier, the home side added 196 runs from 42 overs before declaring their innings around half an hour before tea break.
Resuming at 368 for 3, India lost three wickets in the morning and another four midway through the second session.
As soon as Washington Sundar (52 not out off 68 balls) crossed his half century, India declared their innings After bagging one wicket on the Day 1, Saleem scalped the wickets of Shubman Gill (126) and Dhruv Jurel (19) in the second day morning session before adding another two — of debutant Manav Suthar (28) and Mohammed Siraj (22).
Earlier, Rishabh Pant answered his critics in the best possible manner with a stroke-filled 81 as India were on course for a mammoth first innings score.
In-front of a sparse Sunday (June 7, 2026) crowd, Pant did play his signature strokes but also curbed his natural instinct to go after each delivery, treating each ball on its merit during his 121-ball knock that had six boundaries and three sixes.
He should have completed his century but debutant left-arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote, who suddenly slowed the pace considerably. Pant charged down the track but couldn’t fully reach to the pitch of the delivery as the lofted hit ballooned up for a simple catch.
For Afghanistan, their IPL star Azmatullah Omarzai was distinctly unlucky. He was very impressive with the second new ball, beating the bat on a number of occasions without much luck.
In the first hour of second morning, Shubman Gill (126 off 177 balls) was dismissed by Mohammad Saleem (4/109 in 20 overs), who bowled a beauty to get rid of Indian skipper.
It was pitched on fuller length on off-stump channel drawing Gill forward and then there was a hint of outward movement taking the edge of his bat ending a 169-run stand.
Dhruv Jurel played a few beautiful shots square of the wicket but Saleem got one to reverse as Jurel decided to leave the ball on length only to find his off-stump pegged back.
However one dismissal that left the crowd high and dry was Pant’s as they were expecting some more fireworks from him once the spinners came into operation.
Going into the lunch break, Washington Sundar (14 batting) and debutant Manav Suthar (9 batting) were at the crease.
Scoreboard
India 1st innings: Yashasvi Jaiswal c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 24 KL Rahul c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Ziaur Rahman 100 Sai Sudharsan c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 81 Shubman Gill c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 126 Rishabh Pant c Azmatullah Omarzai b Hashmatullah Shahidi 81 Dhruv Jurel b Mohammad Saleem 19 Washington Sundar not out 52 Manav Suthar c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 28 Mohammed Siraj b Mohammad Saleem 22 Kuldeep Yadav not out 9 Extras: (B-4 LB-13 NB-4 W-1) 22
Total: (For 8 wickets declared in 127 overs) 564
Fall of wickets: 1/41 2/180 3/247 4/416 5/452 6/456 7/510 8/540
Afghanistan bowling: Ziaur Rahman 24-2-91-1, Azmatullah Omarzai 22-5-67-0, Mohammad Saleem 27-3-140-6, Nangeyalia Kharote 23-0-115-0, Abdul Malik 7-0-43-0, Hashmatullah Shahidi 24-1-91-1
Afghanistan 1st Innings: Abdul Malik c Mohammed Siraj b Suthar 16 Sediqullah Atal batting 11 Extras: (NB-1) 1
Total: (For one wicket in 5.4 overs) 28
Fall of wickets: 1/28
India bowling: Mohammed Siraj 3-0-18-0, Prasidh Krishna 2-0-10-0, Manav Suthar 0.4-0-0-1.
Published – June 07, 2026 11:54 am IST
