IND vs AFG: India won the toss, now eye on the series

India And Afghanistan on Sunday in Indore Holkar Cricket Stadium The second T20 match of the 3-match series is being played. India won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Indian team will have its eyes on series victory. Indian team in the first match Virat Kohli And despite the absence of Yashasvi Jaiswal, they easily defeated Afghanistan in Mohali. Rashid Khan’s unavailability is a challenge for Afghanistan. The inclusion of Shivam Dubey and Washington Sundar will help India in both batting and bowling.

Playing XI of Afghanistan team

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb ur Rehman.

Playing XI of Indian team

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (w), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar.

Ibrahim Zadran said this after losing the toss

We will try to bat well today and put runs on the board. Again the toss was lost and I wanted to bowl first. We talked about the first game and worked in the net session yesterday. We talked about, we did not have a good start with the bat in the last game and hopefully we will be able to give a good start today. Rahmat is not playing. Noor Ahmed is playing.

Rohit Sharma said this after winning the toss

We will bowl first. no particular reason. Just the nature of the ground, especially the shorter ranges. What we were talking about in our meetings, we were able to come out and execute it in the first game. We asked people for specific roles and they performed accordingly. Nothing much, they don’t have any burden and it’s all about supporting them, allowing them to be free on the ground. We will do things keeping the World Cup in mind but we know that results are also important. Kohli and Jaiswal return in place of Gill and Tilak.

Rohit is the king of Holkar Stadium

The Indian team will play its fourth T20 match against Afghanistan at Holkar Stadium in Indore. Team India has won against Sri Lanka in the two matches played here, whereas it had to face defeat in the only match against Africa. Captain Rohit Sharma has scored a century in 35 balls here in the year 2017. However, in the match against Africa in 2022, he was out for zero. However, both the teams had scored a total of 405 runs in that match and Riley Rousseau had scored a century in 48 balls. On this ground with small boundaries, Fais will have hopes of scoring runs again.

IND vs AFG: Head to Head Record

The Afghanistan team has faced each other against India five times in T20 matches. The Indian team had the upper hand in the match. The Indian team has won all five matches. Afghanistan has not won a single T20 match against India yet. Afghanistan team will be looking for its first win in the T20 match to be played in Mohali. The Indian team would like to continue this winning streak. The last T20 match between India and Afghanistan was played during the Asian Games played in Hangzhou. In that match, India won the toss and decided to bowl first. India was given victory due to rain in the middle of the match.