India and Afghanistan will compete in their second game of the ongoing T20I series this weekend. The hosts are off to a good start, picking up a convincing win in their opener. It was also announced that the former India skipper would miss the first game in Punjab but is now set to make a return for the second match of the series. Despite missing one of their star batters, India didn’t skip a beat, winning over Afghanistan by six wickets. Shivam Dube stole the show as the India batter produced a 40-ball sixty while hitting five boundaries and two sixes. Having secured an early lead, the Men in Blue will now be looking to bag the series in their upcoming clash.
India will play their second T20I against Afghanistan at the Holkar Cricket Stadium on January 14. Before competing in India, Afghanistan had already beaten the United Arab Emirates 2-1 on away soil. They failed to replicate a similar performance against India, losing their opener in Punjab. In that match, Mohammad Nabi played a strong knock in the first half to help Afghanistan reach 158 runs. However, their bowlers had an underwhelming display as they failed to curb the hosts from chasing their total. Afghanistan will now be fighting to survive in the series next.
IND vs AFG head-to-head:
India have faced Afghanistan on a total of six occasions in T20 internationals. The Men in Blue have managed to bag the victory on five of those occasions with the remaining game ending in a no result. Afghanistan will still be looking for their first win as they head into the second T20I against India.
Check out India vs Afghanistan Probable XIs:
India Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan Probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
India vs Afghanistan Full Squad
IND full squad: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Shubman Gill, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma and Ravi Bishnoi.
AFG full squad: Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Hazratullah Zazai, Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Qais Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Noor Ahmad and Mohammad Saleem.
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