Former champion fearless India from Afghanistan on Wednesday 23 runs to win the World Twenty20 in Colombo suffered a scare before.
India, sent in to bat, with Virat Kohli top-scoring with 50 in 38 balls butter fingered their competitors post 159-5 overcome a bad start and took advantage of the performance.
Afghan, batting with gay abandon, a late 12th fill out a comfortable 75-2 collapse being non-Test for 136 with three balls to spare looked bold.
Prophet Mohammed with two boundaries and as many sixes in 17 balls was an aggressive batsman with 31, while Karim Sadiq made 26 Tue 22 with captain Nawroz chipped.
Fast bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji and left-arm spinner Yuvraj Singh each took three wickets and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed two, but a match for India were lucky to emerge unscathed from the group.
Afghans continued to attack until the end, but the loss of regular wickets cost them an unexpected victory.
Tall left-arm fast bowler Shapoor Zardan 5 by Afghans is an excellent start when only 22 runs on the board was removed openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag.
But Afghanistan, his second Twenty20 World Games, were let down by poor performances in the area, leaving four catches, two of them caught by Mohammad Nabi return.
Zaheer Khan Mohammad Shahzad, a helicopter shot hit off her long straight lift prophet Mohammed. Veteran medium pacer has looked completely out of sorts while leaking away 32 runs in three overs.
Earlier, it's Kohli international Cricket for the five Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh, the senior players despite the poor performance was a dream run in India to reach 159. Before three marquee games under his belt to put a big score against England missed out on the opportunity.
It mainly Kohli's 39-ball 50 and some lusty blows Raina helped India set a decent if not impressive against minnows was due to a goal.
Dhoni Final Four and the two remain unbeaten on 18 from nine balls to finish the innings with six deliveries provided flourish.
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