New Delhi. The Indian team will play in the first match of Super 8 to continue its winning journey in the ICC T20 World Cup. This time, the Afghanistan team, which has made it to this stage by showing a strong game in the tournament, will face India. The veterans are considering this team as a difficult challenge. Captain Rohit Sharma has already said that he is not taking this match lightly at all.
The Indian team will be cautious against Afghanistan in the first match of Super 8 of the ICC T20 World Cup. In the recent T20 series, Afghanistan team came close to defeating India but lost in the Super Over. Afghan players have reached here by defeating a team like New Zealand, which is considered powerful, in a league match. After the group stage, India is in the first group out of the two groups made of 4 teams each. The teams of Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Australia are also in this group.
head to head
A total of 8 matches have been played between India and Afghanistan in T20 so far. The Indian team has won 7 matches while one match was inconclusive. Talking about T20 World Cup, till now there has been clash between the two teams 3 times. Team India has won every time.
India’s probable XI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
Afghanistan’s probable playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Umarzai, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui.
Tags: India vs Afghanistan, T20 World Cup
FIRST PUBLISHED: June 20, 2024, 19:05 IST
