4 reasons why India failed to win against Afghanistan

#3 Inability to stop Ahmed Shahzad early on the innings

Shahzad played a blinder.

One thing that we often see with Mohammad Shahzad is that if he gets out, he gets out early. On the other hand, if he does get going, he plays a long innings and makes it count. Shahzad has a weakness against spinners and India missed a trick by not introducing Kuldeep early on.

Once he got his eye in, it was already too late to bring in Kuldeep. The damage had been done. He played a destructive knock which ensured Afghanistan reaching a respectable total.