Mohali ∙ Team India, which has tested 15 different opening alliances in Twenty20s in 2 years, is testing the 16th alliance with the series starting today against Afghanistan. After a gap of 14 months, the captain Rohit Sharma, who returned to the children’s cricket, will open the batting along with the youngster Yashaswi Jaiswal.
Indian coach Rahul Dravid hinted about today’s opening in the first Twenty20 match. Dravid also said that Virat Kohli will miss the first match of the series due to personal reasons. The match starts at 7 pm. Live on Sports 18 channel.
India’s Twenty20 camp is happy with the return of the captain as they gear up for a big battle. Rohit Sharma returned to the leadership of the team in India’s last series before the Twenty20 World Cup in June. Kohli, who will miss the first match, will play the next two matches of the series. Rohit and Kohli last played a Twenty20 match for India in the 2022 World Twenty20 semi-finals.
3 matches, 16 players
The Indian management has only 3 matches of the series ahead of them for the final tests before the World Cup and the team has 16 players. The matches against Afghanistan will be crucial for Shubman Gill and Tilak Verma, who failed to shine in the series against South Africa. In the absence of injured Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya, India will have to rely more on Rinku Singh in the middle-order batting.
Although Jitesh Sharma is the first consideration as the wicket keeper, Sanju Samson may also get a chance. Shivam Dubey, who made it into the team as a pace bowling all-rounder, is another focus of attention in this series. Ravi Bishnoi, Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar are vying for a place in the spin bowling team along with Kuldeep Yadav.
Rashid Khan is out
Before the start of the Twenty20 series, Afghanistan suffered a setback. Super-spinner Rashid Khan will not play in this series. Rashid Khan, who underwent surgery during the ODI World Cup in November, was included in the Twenty20 team. But the Afghan team announced that Rashid will not play as he has not recovered his fitness.
English Summary:
India vs Afghanistan first twenty 20 match updates
2024-01-11 04:39:18
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