Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has received a warning from the ICC. Let us tell you that he had received a warning earlier also in the third ODI against India. But then he was again reprimanded for repeating the same mistake. Apart from this, ICC has also added demerit points against him.

Actually, recently there was an ODI series going on between India and Afghanistan, which has now ended. India made a clean sweep in this 3 ODI series. But as soon as this series ended, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi received a severe rebuke from the ICC. This rebuke was imposed on him for the mistake he made in the third and last ODI of the series played on June 20 in Chennai. The surprising thing is that Hashmatullah has not committed this mistake for the first time, he has repeated it again and again despite receiving warnings many times.

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This time the ICC not only reprimanded him for his mistake, but also added one demerit point to his account. For more information, let us tell you that ICC found Hashmatullah Shahidi guilty of Level 1 under Cricket’s Code of Conduct and said that the mistake he made is a violation of Article 2.10.10.

According to the ICC, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was seen repeatedly running on the pitch despite repeated warnings in the third ODI against India, which could cause damage to it. This is Shahidi’s first mistake of violating rules in the last 24 months. He had been warned twice before not to run on the pitch. He was given this warning for the first time in the 31st over of Afghanistan’s innings and again in the 40th over, when he repeated the same mistake. And in the end the result was that the team had to face a penalty of 5 runs in the match.

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A surprising incident happened in India vs Afghanistan third ODI. The captain of the visiting team, Hashmatullah Shahidi, made a mistake due to which his team had to bear the brunt. With this the Indian team got 5 free runs. This has been seen very rarely in the history of cricket, but in Chennai he was making the same mistake many times, so the umpire had to take this decision.

This first century of Hashmatullah Shahidi was also special because at one time it seemed that the entire team might collapse within 100 runs. Afghanistan’s 4 wickets had fallen at the score of 36, then the captain played a brilliant century and took the score beyond 200. But in this innings he was continuously running in the ‘danger area’. It is important to keep this part of the pitch safe. The umpire had given the warning earlier.

Penalty after warning

Before the penalty, the umpire had warned Hashmatullah Shahidi twice. After this the Afghanistan captain kept repeating that mistake. The umpire’s patience ran out in the 40th over. Shahidi took a run off the ball of Washington Sundar, after which the umpire stopped him and penalized him by informing him of the violation of the rules.

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The umpire gave 5 runs penalty to Team India for Hashmatullah’s mistake. Along with this, that run was also not counted, after which the umpire had stopped him and punished him. When Shahidi did not take strike in the 41st over, the commentators along with the fans were left wondering.

Then it became clear that the run taken on the last ball of the previous over was not valid, so Rashid Khan took the strike.

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India won the match by 9 wickets

Afghanistan had scored 218 runs while batting first, in reply India achieved the target in 28.4 overs and registered a big win by 9 wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma made a partnership of 170 runs for the first wicket. Rohit scored 79 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal remained unbeaten after scoring 110 runs. With this victory, India won the 3-match ODI series 3-0.

Batting first in the third ODI being played in Chennai, Afghanistan’s innings was limited to 218 runs, although there was a time when it seemed that the team might not get bundled out within 100. India got off to a great start with the lethal bowling of Prasidh Krishna. When the fourth wicket fell in the form of Abdul Rasooli, the score of the visiting team was 36. Then with the brilliant century of Hashmatullah Shahidi, the team reached a respectable score.

In the third ODI being played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and decided to bat first. Afghanistan’s top order was completely shattered by the deadly bowling of Prasidh Krishna. He took the first 4 wickets in the powerplay itself. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (5), Ibrahim Zadran (11), Rahmat Shah Jurmate (5) and Abdul Rasooli (1) were out cheaply, after which Shahidi played a memorable innings.

Century partnership between Shahidi and Omarzai

After 4 wickets fell at 36, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai made an important partnership of 105 runs. Omarzai was out after scoring a half-century (50), this pair was broken by Prince Yadav, playing his second match.

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There was a partnership of 57 runs between the captain and Mohammad Nabi (21) for the sixth wicket. When Nabi was out, Afghanistan’s score was 198, after which the remaining 4 wickets of the team also fell within 20 runs.

Prasidh Krishna took 5 wickets

Afghanistan’s 10th wicket fell in the form of Hashmatullah Shahidi, he had completed his century before getting out. He played an important inning of 102 runs in 131 balls with the help of 1 six and 13 fours. With this, Afghanistan reached a respectable score of 218.

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With Shahidi’s wicket, Prasidh Krishna took a five-wicket haul. He gave only 23 runs in 8.2 overs. Apart from this, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav and Harsh Dubey took 1 wicket each.

India has had a disappointing performance in domestic Test matches in recent times, but its team is still very strong and it will try to prepare the right combination in the one-off Test cricket match against Afghanistan starting here from Saturday before the important matches of the World Test Championship (WTC). This match against Afghanistan is not a part of the WTC but it is very important in terms of deciding the direction of the team. Earlier, a Test match was played between these two teams in 2018 in which Afghanistan lost 10 wickets between lunch and tea session. After this, in the third session his second innings was also reduced and he had to face a crushing defeat.

Now in 2026, the Afghanistan team led by Hashmatullah Shahidi will try to give a tough challenge to the Indian team which is going through a phase of change and is still struggling to prepare the proper combination. Despite this, India seems to have the upper hand. But the Indian players would not have forgotten the crushing 0-2 defeat they faced last year against the South African team which had entered the field with excellent preparation and despite the difference in experience, it would be better if they do not take the opposition team lightly.

The number three batsman and a possible successor to Ravindra Jadeja in red-ball cricket are two aspects that head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill would like to sort out in this match ahead of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in August. Both Sai Sudarshan and stylish Devdutt Padikkal are in the race for the number three batsman. However, Gambhir made it clear on Friday that the team management will retain Sudarshan in this batting order. He believes that Sudarshan should get adequate opportunities.

Ravindra Jadeja has been rested in this match, but it is a fact that the Indian selectors and team management are considering other options to prepare the team even without this all-rounder from Rajkot. One of the main reasons for this has been Jadeja’s inability to perform as expected in bowling. Jadeja’s biggest quality is his batting in Test matches in overseas conditions, which is still excellent and hence he still has some time.

But the Indian team management has started looking for his replacement and hence it has kept Manav Suthar and Harsh Dubey in the team. If we look at the net practice of the last few days, Suthar appears to be a better player but Dubey has the upper hand no less.

Manav seems to be an aggressive bowler while Dubey’s attitude is a bit defensive but his batting is stronger. As far as the competition between India and Afghanistan is concerned, the difference becomes clear even by looking at the statistics. Afghanistan played its first Test match against India in Bengaluru in 2018, which the hosts won within two days. Since then, Afghanistan has played 11 more matches till June 2026. In the same period, India has played 67 Test matches, out of which Rishabh Pant alone has been a part of 49 matches. Incidentally, when Afghanistan last played against India, Pant had not even made his Test cricket debut.

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Only KL Rahul is part of the current Indian Test team from the 2018 team, while Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and batsman Rahmat Shah also played in that match. Afghanistan’s entire batting line-up has a total of nine Test centuries, while the batsmen included in the Indian Test team have scored 39 centuries. Shahidi’s team had set up a camp in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, but practice sessions alone cannot prepare a team for a Test match.

This match will be played in the scorching heat of North India in the month of June and will be a tough test of the physical fitness of both the teams. Apart from this, Indian players have to play from the shortest format to the biggest format within a week of the end of IPL and this will also be a challenge.

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What types of teams are:

India: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal.

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Abdul Malik, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmanullah, Afsar Zazai (wicketkeeper), Ikram Alikhil (wicketkeeper), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Umarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangeyalia Kharote, Bilal Sami, Qais Ahmed, Mohammad Saleem, Ziaur. Rehman. Match start time: 9:30 am.