India v 
Afghanistan
Each batter against the bowlers he would face, by phase. Colour is always from the batter's side. These are match-ups by type, not by history — nobody here has faced anybody often enough for a head-to-head record to mean anything. A batter appears in a phase only if he actually bats there, and a bowler only where both careers hold at least 30 balls in that exact split. A bowler named in grey was read and came out inside 10% of par — checked, and nothing to say. The not readable count beside him is the bowlers whose pair could not be read at all, which is a different claim entirely. A name marked ° is a weaker reading, from less than the full record: either that bowler has under 30 balls against this hand in these overs and the pair is read from the batter alone, or the batter has under 30 against this type here and is read from what he has, shrunk toward the league rate. Held out on matches from 2025 both kinds sorted outcomes, but they rest on less than a full pair does; the hover text says which it is.
| Team | Batting | Bowling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 28 6 Abhishek Sharma · 9 players | 6 3 JJ Bumrah · 4 players | 34 |
| Afghanistan | 10 5 Karim Janat · 3 players | 2 1 Karim Janat · 2 players | 12 |
Every edge counted twice over, once from each side: a match-up that favours a batter is one his opponents' bowlers are losing. Under each count is the player holding most of them and how many players it is spread across — a total resting on one man is worth less than the same total spread down the order, and it leaves with him. Amber marks a count of five or more where two players hold 70% of it.
India batting v Afghanistan bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Sharma LHB | Darwish Rasooli +20% Farmanullah, Karim Janat +15% | Karim Janat +22% Farmanullah +14% Darwish Rasooli +13% | Farmanullah Karim Janat 1 not readable |
| Arshdeep Singh LHB | rarely bats here | Karim Janat Farmanullah 1 not readable | Farmanullah -13% Karim Janat -19% 1 not readable |
| Ishan Kishan LHB | Farmanullah, Karim Janat Darwish Rasooli | Karim Janat +18% Farmanullah Darwish Rasooli | Farmanullah Karim Janat 1 not readable |
| S Dube LHB | rarely bats here | Karim Janat +14% Farmanullah Darwish Rasooli | Farmanullah Karim Janat 1 not readable |
| SS Iyer RHB | Farmanullah, Karim Janat Darwish Rasooli | Farmanullah +16% Darwish Rasooli +11% Karim Janat +11% | Karim Janat +12% Farmanullah 1 not readable |
| SV Samson RHB | Farmanullah, Karim Janat Darwish Rasooli | Farmanullah +19% Karim Janat +13% Darwish Rasooli +10% | Karim Janat +14% Farmanullah +11% 1 not readable |
| Tilak Varma LHB | Farmanullah, Karim Janat +12% Darwish Rasooli | Karim Janat +14% Darwish Rasooli Farmanullah | Farmanullah +12% Karim Janat 1 not readable |
| V Nigam RHB | 3 not readable | Farmanullah +12% Karim Janat 1 not readable | Karim Janat Farmanullah 1 not readable |
| V Suryavanshi LHB | Farmanullah, Karim Janat +26% Darwish Rasooli +17% | Karim Janat +38% Farmanullah +28% Darwish Rasooli | rarely bats here |
| Washington Sundar LHB | rarely bats here | Karim Janat +11% Farmanullah Darwish Rasooli | Farmanullah Karim Janat 1 not readable |
Afghanistan batting v India bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darwish Rasooli RHB | Yash Thakur +13% V Nigam Abhishek Sharma Washington Sundar JJ Bumrah S Dube AR Patel Ravi Bishnoi Tilak Varma Arshdeep Singh 2 not readable | V Nigam +14% JJ Bumrah -11% Washington Sundar Arshdeep Singh S Dube Yash Thakur Ravi Bishnoi Tilak Varma Abhishek Sharma V Suryavanshi AR Patel 1 not readable | S Dube +29% Yash Thakur +20% JJ Bumrah Arshdeep Singh 8 not readable |
| Farmanullah LHB | rarely bats here | Abhishek Sharma +15% JJ Bumrah -17% Washington Sundar -23% Tilak Varma -24% Yash Thakur AR Patel S Dube 5 not readable | JJ Bumrah -17% Yash Thakur S Dube Arshdeep Singh 8 not readable |
| Karim Janat RHB | rarely bats here | S Dube +23% Yash Thakur +23% V Nigam +14% Arshdeep Singh JJ Bumrah Abhishek Sharma Ravi Bishnoi AR Patel Washington Sundar Tilak Varma 2 not readable | S Dube +15% Arshdeep Singh +11% V Nigam -15% Yash Thakur Abhishek Sharma Ravi Bishnoi JJ Bumrah Tilak Varma AR Patel SS Iyer Washington Sundar 1 not readable |
Talking points
Read off the matrix on this page and nothing else — the same edges, counted from both ends. Direction is always from the batter's side.
- India hold 34 — 28 while they bat, 6 from their bowlers.
- Afghanistan hold 12 — 10 while they bat, 2 from their bowlers.
- These two counts are not comparable yet, because a longer list of names holds more match-ups on size alone. A like-for-like comparison follows once both XIs are in.
- Abhishek Sharma (India) is the best set up with the bat — 6 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- Karim Janat (Afghanistan) is the best set up with the bat — 5 match-ups in his favour, 1 against.
- SV Samson (India) is the best set up with the bat — 5 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- Farmanullah (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 4 against him, 1 in his favour.
- Arshdeep Singh (India) is the one to bowl at — 2 against him, 0 in his favour.
- JJ Bumrah (India) holds the most with the ball — 3 in his favour, 0 batters the other way.
- No call on the head-to-head until India and Afghanistan name an XI.
- What does hold either way: each side's own shape above, which is about who holds the match-ups rather than how many there are.