In the first T20 match between India and Afghanistan, India won the match by 6 wickets with Afghanistan due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning this match, India leads by I1-0) in the three T20 match series against Afghanistan.

Earlier, India won the toss and chose to bowl first thus Afghanistan first batted and made a low score of 158/5 in 20 overs due to good bowling by Axar Patel 2/23 (4), Mukesh Kumar 2/33 (4), and Shivam, Dube 1/9 (2). Mohammad Nabi 42 (27), Azmatullah Omarzai 29 (22), and Ibrahim Zadran 25 (22) were good batting from the Afghanistan side. After this inning, Afghanistan set a target of 159 runs in 20 overs for India to win this match.

During chasing, India lost 4 wickets, reached the target of 159 runs in 17.3 overs, and won the match by 6 wickets with Afghanistan due to good batting by Shivam Dube 60* (40), Jitesh Sharma 31 (20), and Tilak Varma 26 (22). Both Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman 2/21 (4) and Azmatullah Omarzai 1/33 (4) were good bowling from the Afghanistan side.

Shivam Dube (IND), 60* (40) & 1/9 (2), was declared as the Player of the Match due to good performance in batting and bowling.