All eyes will likely be on Rohit Sharma after Virat Kohli pulled out of first T20I on match eve. The star batter has pulled out of the opening T20I in opposition to Afghanistan as a consequence of “personal reasons” forward of the primary ever white-ball sequence between the 2 groups, starting right here on Thursday. Kohli, although, will likely be accessible for the second and third T20 (*11*).
India head coach Rahul Dravid attributed Kohli’s pull-out to “family reasons” earlier than he addressed media. Both the stalwarts are returning to the shortest format after 14 months and will likely be keenly noticed within the three-match rubber, which will likely be India’s final earlier than the T20 World Cup in June, giving the group extra readability on the place it stands forward of the ICC occasion in Americas.
Also Read | Fact Check: Did Rahul Dravid Drop Ishan Kishan From T20I Squad Vs Afghanistan Due To Disciplinary Issues?
Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan will likely be unavailiable for the T20I sequence as he underwent a again surgical procedure in November final yr and remains to be recuperating. “He is not totally fit. We will miss him in the series. We will struggle without Rashid but one should be ready for any kind of situation,” Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran mentioned on the eve of the series-opener, hoping that others within the facet would step up.
The focus, nevertheless, will firmly be on Rohit, simply among the many largest crowd-puller. His presence on the sector could be an enormous motive for the Mohali crowd to courageous the prevailing chilly wave.
India vs Afghanistan Dream11 Prediction
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Vice-captain: Azmatullah Imarzai
Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Ibrahim Zadran
All-rounders: Azmatullah Omarzai
Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Naveen Ul Haq, Mukesh Kumar
India vs Afghanistan Probable XIs:
India Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan
Afghanistan Probable XI: Ibrahim Zadran (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Karim Janat, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Naveen-Ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Hazratullah Zazai
India vs Afghanistan 1st T20I: Squads
India: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Shubman Gill, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma and Ravi Bishnoi.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Hazratullah Zazai, Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Qais Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Noor Ahmad and Mohammad Saleem.
