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Arun Jaitley Stadium: Afghanistan head coach Richard Pybus admitted his side’s batting failure proved costly in their seven-wicket defeat to India in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday, conceding that 159 was well short of what was required on a surface where the par score was around 200.

“Par on that wicket would be about 200. That would have given us something realistic to bowl at. I thought we actually bowled beautifully. I thought Nabi bowled really well for the first couple, and then Noor bowled nicely. I really think we didn’t set a total really which was going to be defendable. It’s a really beautiful wicket. So yeah, the latter,” Pybus told the media in the post-match press conference.   Read More...