The India Cricket Team is ready to face the Pathans yet again, and this time seal the series with yet another convincing victory. In the previous game India registered a comfortable 6 wicket victory. Another win in the IND vs AFG 2nd T20I today will seal the series in India’s favour. However, all eyes will be Virat Kohli who makes a return to India’s T20I squad.
Rohit Sharma who was dismissed for a duck will be eyeing to score big runs in today’s game. The same will be the moto for the retuning Virat Kohli. Adding more assistance to the batters will be the Holkar Cricket Stadium pitch. With an average first innings score of 209 runs, both teams will prefer chasing to wrap a win in their favour.
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For India there are quite a few selection headaches. If Yashasvi Jaiswal is yet to recover from his injury then Shubman Gill is set to open proceedings with Rohit Sharma. As Kohli slots in at number 3, it can prompt Tilak Varma to sit out. Shivam Dube was the highlight in the previous game and is expected to start.
Jitesh Sharma is expected to get the nod ahead of Sanju Samson while Rinku Singh is the designated finisher in the team. There is a bit of headache between Kuldeep Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi.
India vs Afghanistan 2nd T20I
Date – 14th January, 2024
Time – 7 PM IST
Venue – Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
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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