India vs Afghanistan: T20I 1 of 3 to be held today in Mohali, Details inside
The first India vs Afghanistan T20I match is set to take place today on 7 pm at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
The Indian Cricket team is all set to face Afghanistan for their first of the three T20 International matches. The India vs Afghanistan first T20I match is set to take place today on 7 pm at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
This is going to be the first bilateral match between the Rohit Sharma led India and Ibrahim Zadran led Afghanistan. Prior to this game, India played another T20 International series against South Africa during the month of December 2023. Notably, the series ended on a 1-1 score. On the other hand, Afghanistan had their previous T20I series against UAE. They even won the series with a 2-1 score.
Coming to their previous records, India and Aghanistan faced each other thrice in T20 World Cups and one time in Asia Cup. Interestingly, India has a perfect score of wins in all the four matches.
Coming to the pitch condition for India vs Afghanistan match, the ground generally favors the batsmen. So ideally, team who wins the toss should opt to bat.
India squad for first T20I match against Afghanistan
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan squad for first T20I match against India
Ibrahim Zadran (c), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Nazibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb UR Rahman, Qais Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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