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One-off Test: Rahul, Sudharsan Frustrate Afghanistan As India Reach 96/1 At Lunch
Ziaur Rahman Sharifi: India overcame a testing opening session to reach 96/1 in 25 overs at Lunch on Day 1 of the one-off four-day Test against Afghanistan, with KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan guiding the hosts through a disciplined spell from the visitors' bowlers.
After electing to bat, India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal for 24 but were steadied by an unbeaten 55-run stand between Rahul (37 not out) and Sai (32 not out), who survived a dropped catch to take the hosts to a position of relative comfort by the interval.
Afghanistan's seamers made the Indian batters work hard on a surface offering occasional movement and variable bounce. Ziaur Rahman Sharifi and Azmatullah Omarzai maintained probing lines in the opening hour, preventing India from scoring freely despite Jaiswal finding a few boundaries early on.
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