The India Cricket Team are ready to face Afghanistan for the IND vs AFG 1st T20I. All eyes will be on the return of Rohit Sharma. However, star batter Virat Kohli will be missing the game owing to personal reasons. This is India’s final chance to put up a good performance with T20 World Cup barely a couple of months away.
The Men in Blue will be raring to go at the Pathans. India are slated to play their final 3 T20I matches in this bilateral series before heading into the ICC tournament. Though the players will get IPL for their preparation, but nevertheless this series too holds immense importance.
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Rohit Sharma who marks a return to the shortest format of the game after 14 months will be eyeing a grand start. Despite having a couple of seniors in the team, India have a young squad. The Men in Blue misses the services of Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav who are injured.
Furthermore, ace pacers, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj too has been rested for the IND vs ENG series. India’s pace attack hence comprises of Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan.
India vs Afghanistan 1st T20I
Date – 11th January, 2024
Time – 7 PM IST
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Live Streaming: Jio Cinema
Live Broadcast: Sports18 Network
IND Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), S Gill, Y Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, W Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
AFG Squad: Ibrahim Zadran (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ikram Alikhil (WK), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Azmaullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen Ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem, Qais Ahmad, Gulbadin Naib and Rashid Khan.
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