The Indian cricket team will begin their 2024 limited-overs campaign when they take on Afghanistan for a three-match T20 series.
India and Afghanistan fans are waiting to watch an exciting match between India and Afghanistan on January 11 in Mohali .
On January 11 at Mohali , India, the the first Twenty 20 International between Afghanistan and India is slated to take place . Rohit Sharma and Ibrahim Jardan will be guiding their teams.
After Afghanistan was only played in U.A.E a three-match T20 series since the World Cup in November (winning it 2-1), India had a fairly successful tour of South Africa, where they tied the T20 series 1-1,won ODI series 2-1, and Test series tied (1-1). Prior to the T20 World Cup, which will take place in the USA and the Caribbean later this year, both teams will now try to strengthen their areas of weakness.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will make their long awaited come back with the Afghanistan
T 20 series. Ahead of the T20 World Cup, many new faces have been added to the Afghanistan series.
Kl. Rahul and Ishan Kisan did not place the team and Sanju Samson and jitesh Sharma have given chances in the series.
Yashavi Jaiswal will probably be seen opening with Rohit Sharma in this series. Rinku Singh and Tilak Verma will be kept in the middle order, both are power hitting batters that can finish off opponents.
In the lower middle order , the two all rounders will be Shivam Dube and Aksar Patel. After the South Africa series, Bumrah and Md Siraj have been rested for the Afghanistan series.
Pitch report: Although the PCA Stadium is considered a batsman’s paradise , the wicket also helps the pacer early and supports the spinner later on. Australia chased a total of 209 runs in the last T20 match in Mohali. The batting propensity of the Mohali pitch is further proved by the average score of 186 in the first innings. Won by batting first twice and chasing runs four times on this ground.
What can be the first eleven of the Indian team in the first T20 match?
Rohit Sharma (C) ,Yashavi jaiswal , Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson(W ), Tilk Varma , Rinku singh, Shuvam Dube, Axar Patel , Mukesh Kumar, Arshdeep SinghSingh and Ravi Bishnoi
How can Afghanistan team’s first eleven?
Ibrahim Zadran (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen Ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, and Gulbadin Naib .
Head to Head matches Afghanistan vs India:
India and Afghanistan have not played many matches together, though they have met each other only five times in T20 Internationals. Team India has a strong record against Afghanistan in these five matches, winning four of them, while Afghanistan is looking for its first T20 win against India .
Total matches played- 5
India won- 4.
Afghanistan won- 0.
No Result/Tied- 1.
