India's rising young batter Tilak Varma who played a pivotal role in the 'Men in Blue's' journey to gold was unable to express the emotions that he went through after their success in the 19th Asian Games.
The Indian men's cricket team won gold in their first Asian Games campaign after the final was called off due to persistent rain with Afghanistan having batted for 18.2 overs.
The Indian men's cricket team has won gold in their first Asian Games campaign after the final was called off due to persistent rain with Afghanistan having batted for 18.2 overs
Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi revealed that the team's morale for the Asia Cup clash against India was down after losing narrowly to Pakistan in the previous match.
Kohli unleashed an array of shots against Afghanistan on Thursday as he zoomed past the 100-figure mark in 53 balls with a stylish six taking India towards a daunting total of 212/2 in the allotted 20 overs.
The assistant coach said, "I think we did very well, especially the young boys. They were picked for the first time in the national side and they did well. Especially for the first two wins, and what we did against Pak was unlucky for us. A good learning process for our players for the world
A century by Virat Kohli and a five-wicket haul by pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar helped Team India crush Afghanistan by 101 runs in their Super Four clash at Asia Cup 2022 and end their campaign on a winning note
Virat finally completed his much-anticipated 71st century. He smashed an unbeaten 122 in just 61 balls with 12 balls and six sixes. He has overtaken the score of 118 posted by Rohit Sharma against Sri Lanka in 2017. It is followed by 117 by Suryakumar Yadav against England in 2022, Rohit Sha