India to bat first again and make two changes as Afghanistan win toss, opt to bowl

Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl first against India in Match No 33 of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. Skipper Mohammad Nabi said that the last game they played in Abu Dhabi, there was a lot of dew, which is why he wanted to chase in this game.

Team India skipper Virat Kohli said that he would have bowled first as well but he reckoned that it isn’t bad against a side like Afghanistan, who like to bat first and then their bowlers come into the equation. Kohli said that there is still a chance and they will look at that chance and try and play positive cricket.

India made a couple of changes as Suryakumar Yadav returned after recovering from the back injury, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will be playing in a white-ball hame for India after four years, who came in place of Varun Chakravarthy.

Afghanistan made just one change as they brought in Sharafuddin Ashraf in place of the now retired Asghar Afghan.

Playing XIs

India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Sharafuddin Ashraf, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Hamid Hassan