India seal series with seven-wicket win over Afghanistan

India defeated Afghanistan by seven wickets in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Chasing 160, they reached 163 for 3 in 14.5 overs.

Sanju Samson scored 57 off 22 balls and Abhishek Sharma made 39 off 19 as the openers added 88 inside the powerplay. Ishan Kishan remained unbeaten on 38 off 23. Rashid Khan took 3 for 36 for Afghanistan.

Nitish Kumar Reddy claimed 3 for 24 and Arshdeep Singh took 2 for 35 as Afghanistan posted 159 for 8. Ibrahim Zadran top-scored with 37.