India wins toss and chose to bat first against Afghanistan in a highly important match for the semi-final spot of the T20 World Cup 2024. The match is now taking place at Bridgetown’s Kensington Oval in Barbados.
India wins toss, bats first against Afghanistan in T20WC 2024
Each team made a single alteration. India replaced Mohammad Siraj with Kuldeep Yadav, while Hazratullah Zazai substituted Karim Janat for Rashid Khan’s team.
India emerged victorious in three out of their four group matches in the T20 World Cup. In New York, they emerged victorious against Ireland, Pakistan, and the United States. However, their last group match against Canada in Florida was cancelled due to rain.
However, Afghanistan began their tournament impressively by defeating Uganda with a margin of 125 runs. They went on to secure three straight victories until experiencing a significant defeat of 104 runs against West Indies in their most recent encounter of the tournament.
Australia and Bangladesh are the remaining two teams in Group 1 of the Super 8. They will compete against each other in Antigua.
Playing XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan (capt), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh
