By Admin 
The only test match between India and Afghanistan is being played in Mullanpur. This match started from June 6, in which Team India declared its first innings by scoring 564 runs. In response to this, the first innings of Afghanistan team was reduced to 152 runs. Meanwhile, a rule came into effect due to which the Afghanistan team had to come to bat again despite not wanting to.
Actually, the Indian team asked Afghanistan to bat again due to not being able to achieve the follow-on score. After all, what is this follow-on, due to which the India-Afghanistan Test is on the verge of ending on the third day itself? Let us tell you that the batting of Afghanistan team has flopped in the second innings also.
What is follow on?
In Test cricket, when a team achieves a lead of 200 or more runs in the first innings, it can force the other team to follow on. By doing this the first team tries to win without batting in the second innings.
If we take an example, India had scored 564 runs in the first innings in Mullanpur Test. If Afghanistan had scored 365 runs in the first innings, India would not have forced them to follow on, because Team India’s lead would have been less than 200 runs. Since Afghanistan’s first innings was reduced to 152 runs, on this basis Team India got a lead of 412 runs in the first innings.
Here Team India saw an opportunity that it could register victory by an innings margin. Victory by innings difference is achieved when no team is able to match the score made by Team A after batting even in two innings.
After the first innings is reduced to a score of 152 runs, if Afghanistan does not score at least 413 runs in the second innings, then only the Indian team will come to bat in the second innings or Team India will win the match by innings margin.
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