India Beat Afghanistan in First T20 Match
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India played Afghanistan in a T20 cricket match. This was the first match of the series. India won the match. It was a big victory for India.
Before the match, people worried about rain. Rain can stop a cricket match. But the match happened. India played well and won.
India has more matches soon. The men's team will play Afghanistan again. The women's team will play Sri Lanka. Both matches are on the same day.
Fans are happy about India's win. Cricket fans like to watch these matches. The next matches will be exciting too.
Vocabulary15 words
- T20
- a short kind of cricket game
- series
- many games played one after another
- victory
- when you win
- opponent
- the other team you play against
- match
- a game between two teams
- rain
- water that falls from the sky
- team
- a group of players
- women's team
- a team of women players
- men's team
- a team of men players
- cricket
- a sport played with a bat and ball
- win
- to be the best in a game
- fans
- people who like a sport or team
- big
- very large or very much
- happy
- feeling good
- next
- coming after this one
Quiz
Answer key
1. India 2. Rain 3. Sri Lanka
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
India played Afghanistan in a _____ cricket match.
This was the first match of the _____.
India won the match. It was a big _____ for India.
Before the match, people worried about _____.
Rain can stop a cricket _____.
But the match happened. India played well and _____.
India has more matches _____.
The men's team will play Afghanistan _____.
The women's team will play _____.
Fans are happy about India's _____.