NEW DELHI: India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday gave thumbs as much as the Kensington Oval pitch in Barbados after enduring some powerful instances within the Group stage of the T20 World Cup on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium monitor in
New York.
Rohit gained the toss and opted to bat towards Afghanistan of their opening Tremendous 8 stage recreation. That is additionally the primary time India selected to bat first within the event.
Whereas assessing the pitch, Rohit stated it’d get slower because the match progresses.
“We’re going to bat first. Seems to be alright at this second, seems to be a superb monitor. No grass on the pitch, I suppose it’ll get slower. It is higher than New York. We’ve got to adapt to the circumstances shortly,” Rohit stated after the toss.
India have additionally modified their Enjoying XI, bringing in left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav rather than pacer Mohammed Siraj.
We’ve got been right here for a few days, we have now performed a variety of cricket. It is about understanding what we have to do in circumstances like these. It is an early begin. Often begin within the night elsewhere. We get pleasure from taking part in right here. We’ve got made one change, Kuldeep is available in for Siraj,” Rohit added.