India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against Afghanistan in the first T20 International in Mohali on Thursday.
Sanju Samson, Avesh Khan, and Kuldeep Yadav were left out of the Indian team, while Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was supposed to open alongside Rohit, was ruled out of the match due to injury. Rohit mentioned that Yashasvi “didn’t pull off well” and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that he was unavailable for selection due to a sore right groin.
Rohit stated, “We will bowl first. No particular reason, the pitch is good and it doesn’t change a lot here. A lot to gain from the 3 games, we haven’t had too much T20 cricket leading to the World Cup, there’s IPL, but this is an international game and we’ll try to achieve a few things. I had a chat with Rahul bhai regarding the combination going forward and what we need to do as a group. That’s what we’ll try to do, but winning is the most important thing. Sanju Samson, Avesh, Yashasvi (who didn’t pull off well) and Kuldeep miss out.”
Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran also mentioned that he wanted to bowl first but it’s not a big problem for them. He expressed that this is a great opportunity for them to gain experience ahead of the T20 World Cup and they will aim to play positive cricket.
The teams for the match are as follows:
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (capt), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl first against Afghanistan in the first T20 International in Mohali. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was supposed to open with Rohit Sharma, was ruled out due to injury. Sanju Samson, Avesh Khan, and Kuldeep Yadav were also left out of the playing XI. Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran expressed his excitement for the opportunity to gain experience ahead of the T20 World Cup. The teams for the match were announced, with Rohit Sharma leading India and Rahmanullah Gurbaz captaining Afghanistan.
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