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After defeating South Africa in the Test series by 7 wickets, Rohit Sharma-led Team India is all set to face Ibrahim Zadran-led Afghanistan in a three match T20 series starting Jan 11. Here are details about the Team India squad and more.
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.
India's all-time leading wicket-taker in T20Is, Yuzvendra Chahal, has been avoided in the 3-match series against Afghanistan. He last represented India against the West Indies in August, 2023.
Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav will not be available for the T20I series against Afghanistan. Hardik suffered an ankle injury during World Cup 2023 and has been out of action since. Suryakumar Yadav suffered an ankle injury after the T20I series in South Africa. They are likely to miss India vs England series as well and return directly for IPL 2024.
The weather at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium is expected to be around 10-11 degrees Celcius. The sky will be clear, with 33 percent humidity.
It will be a three-match series starting Jan 11. As per the India vs Afghanistan T20 schedule, the second match will take place on Jan 14 and the third match will take place on Jan 17
Ibrahim Zadran (captain), 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
India vs Afghanistan match will begin at 7:30 pm IST and the toss will take place at 7 pm
India and Afghanistan have faced each other in 5 matches in T20. Out of these 5 games, India have won 4 whereas Afghanistan have come out victorious on 0 occasion. As per Google win Predictor, India has an 85% chance to win the match vs Afghanistan