Sanju Samson, Avesh Khan and Kuldeep Yadav have been ignored whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was finalised as one of many openers together with the captain on the eve of the primary sport, will miss the match resulting from harm.
Rohit mentioned on the toss that Yashasvi “did not pull off nicely”. The Indian Board (BCCI) additionally gave an replace stating Yashashvi was unavailable for the choice resulting from a sore proper groin.
“We are going to bowl first. No specific motive, the pitch is nice and it does not change rather a lot right here. Rather a lot to realize from the three video games, we have not had an excessive amount of T20 cricket resulting in the World Cup, there’s IPL, however that is a world sport and we’ll attempt to obtain a number of issues. I had a chat with Rahul bhai concerning the mixture going ahead and what we have to do as a gaggle. That is what we’ll attempt to do, however successful is a very powerful factor. Sanju Samson, Avesh, Yashasvi (who did not pull off nicely) and Kuldeep miss out,” Rohit mentioned after successful the toss.
“We needed to bowl first as nicely, but it surely’s not a giant drawback, we’ll try to execute our plans. This can be a large alternative to get expertise forward of the T20 World Cup. We’ll try to play some optimistic cricket. Noor Ahamad, Sharafuddin, Saleem Saifi aren’t taking part in, forgot the remainder of the fellows,” Afghanistan skipper Ibrahim Zadran mentioned on the toss.
Groups:
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.
