Current Match Report – India vs Afghanistan 2nd T20I 2023/24
Toss India selected to bowl vs Afghanistan
India captain Rohit Sharma gained the toss and selected to bowl within the second T20I in Indore, which he known as “fairly a chasing floor”. Rohit is enjoying his a hundred and fiftieth T20I, turning into the primary males’s participant to take action.
India made two modifications. Virat Kohli, who was unavailable for the primary match for private causes, returned to the aspect. That is his first T20I since India’s loss to England within the semi-finals of the 2022 T20 World Cup. Tilak Varma made approach for him. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who missed the primary T20I with a sore proper groin, got here in for Shubman Gill.
Afghanistan additionally wished to bowl first, their captain Ibrahim Zadran mentioned. They made one change: left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad changed top-order batter Rahmat Shah.
Due to its small boundaries, Indore is normally a high-scoring venue. For this sport, the sq. boundaries are 60 and 63 metres from the center. Down the bottom, the boundary measures 70 metres.
India lead the three-match sequence 1-0 after profitable by six wickets in Mohali. That is their final T20I sequence earlier than the T20 World Cup in June.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shivam Dube, 5 Rinku Singh, 6 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 7 Axar Patel, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Mukesh Kumar.
Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran (capt), 3 Azmatullah Omarzai, 4 Mohammad Nabi, 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Karim Janat, 7 Gulbadin Naib, 8 Noor Ahmad, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi.
