IND vs AFG Quarterfinal, Approaching Milestones and Records: The Indian cricket team and the Afghanistan cricket team will be up against each other in the second quarterfinal of the Asian Games 2026. This match will be played at Korogi Sports Club in Nisshin on September 28 at 10:30 AM IST. Both teams will be aiming to get a win here.
The semifinal spot is on the line, as the winner will move one step closer to the gold medal. India have a very strong side, and they beat Afghanistan's full-strength side earlier this month. But the way the match against Japan ended, there will surely be some talks in the camp to not take Afghanistan lightly.
India are expected to win this game and Afghanistan have a really good spin unit. Surely the pressure will be on. The weather forecast is another issue, but one thing is guaranteed: if the match happens, we will see some big records getting broken.
Here, we will talk about big records and milestones which are lined up and can be achieved in the IND vs AFG quarter-final at Korogi Sports Club in Nisshin.
IND vs AFG: Approaching Test Records and Cricket Milestones Ahead of the IND vs AFG quarter-final at Korogi Sports Club
42 - Abhishek Sharma will carry a terrific form in the Asian Games 2026. He has scored 1858 runs in just 59 T20Is and needs 42 more runs to surpass Chris Gayle (1899) in the run-scoring chart.
21 - Indian captain Shreyas Iyer is just 21 runs away from completing 1500 T20I runs in his career.
3 - Najibullah Zadran has hit 97 sixes in T20Is. He needs three sixes to reach 100 T20I sixes. He will be only the third Afghan batter to do so.
5 - Arshdeep Singh is the leading wicket-taker for India (140) in T20Is. He needs five more wickets to enter the top ten wicket-takers in T20Is.
6 - Sanju Samson scored two consecutive half-centuries in the series against Afghanistan. He has hit 94 sixes in T20Is and needs six sixes more to reach 100 sixes.
49 - Shreyas Iyer has 7451 runs in T20 cricket and needs 49 more to reach 7500 T20 runs.
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66 - Tilak Varma is 66 runs away from completing 5000 T20 runs in his career.