Probable playing 11 of IND vs AFG 1st T20I: Rohit Sharma-led India is scheduled to play in the first T20I match of Afghanistan’s tour of India 2024 against Ibrahim Zadran-led Afghanistan.
Probable playing 11 of IND vs AFG 1st T20I
Probable playing 11 of IND vs AFG 1st T20I: India has played 5 T20I matches against Afghanistan out of which India won four matches.
Their recent clash in the T20 format ended with no result at the Men’s Asian Games on October 07 2023 at Pingfeng Campus Cricket.
India is set to feature Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s comeback in T20Is. But Virat Kohli will not be available for the first T20I against Afghanistan in Mohali due to personal reasons.
Rahul Dravid has made his speech at the pre-match conference saying, “As of now, we will be certainly opening with Rohit and Jaiswal. But when you have a squad, you have to have that flexibility to do whatever is required if that is in the best interest of the team and gives us the best chance to succeed.”
“So nothing is closed. But certainly, we’re really happy with what Jaiswal has done as an opener for us, and he gives us a left-right combination as well at the top.”
On the other hand, Afghanistan’s key player Rashid Khan will be ruled out of the entire series.
The Afghanistan head coach Ibrahim Zadran has spoken about the absence of Rashid Khan saying, “Without Rashid, we will struggle as his experience is invaluable, but even in his absence, we have got quality spinners in Mujeeb [Ur Rahman], [Mohammad] Nabi, Noor [Ahmad] and Qais [Ahmad] All of them have played a lot of cricket, and we have trust in them.”
India Probable 11
Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav/Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan Probable 11
Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (C), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad/Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
IND vs AFG 1st T20I squad
India Squad
| Player | Role |
| Rohit Sharma | Batter |
| Sanju Samson (WK) | WK-Batter |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Batter |
| Shubman Gill | Batter |
| Tilak Varma | Batter |
| Rinku Singh | Batter |
| Axar Patel | Bowling All-rounder |
| Arshdeep Singh | Bowler |
| Avesh Khan | Bowler |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler |
| Mukesh Kumar | Bowler |
| Jitesh Sharma | WK-Batter |
| Washington Sundar | Batting All-rounder |
| Shivam Dube | Bowling All-rounder |
| Ravi Bishnoi | Bowler |
Afghanistan squad
| Player | Role |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) | WK-Batter |
| Ibrahim Zadran | Batter |
| Hazratullah Zazai | Batter |
| Najibul Zadran | Batter |
| Mohammad Nabi | Bowling Allrounder |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | Bowling Allrounder |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Bowler |
| Sharafuddin Ashraf | Bowling Allrounder |
| Qais Ahmad | Bowler |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | Bowler |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | Bowler |
| Noor Ahmad | Bowler |
| Mohammad Saleem Safi | Bowler |
| Karim Janar | Bowling Allrounder |
| Ikram Alikhil | WK-Batter |
| Fareed Ahmad Malik | Bowler |
| Rahmat Shah | Batter |
| Gulbadin Naib | Bowling Allrounder |
