India vs Afghanistan: The 9th league match of ODI World Cup 2023 will be played today between India and Afghanistan (IND vs AFG). Both the teams will enter the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi to give a tough competition to each other. The Indian team has won one match in this tournament whereas Afghanistan has not even opened its account yet. In such a situation, Team India will aim to maintain its winning streak.
The toss of the India vs Afghanistan (IND vs AFG) match has taken place. The visiting team won the toss and decided to bat first. It is expected that the Indian bowlers will be successful in stopping the opposing batsmen in this match and will be seen wreaking havoc with their deadly bowling.
India vs Afghanistan Indian captain told why he changed the playing 11
India vs Afghanistan:After the toss, Rohit Sharma talked about India’s playing 11. He told that Ashwin has been rested in this match. And in his place, Sardul Thakur got a chance in the team. Thakur also provides batting facilities to the team. The captain has taken this decision keeping in mind the Delhi wicket. Actually, fast bowlers get more help on this ground.
Rohit said that we wanted to bat at number two. We saw an amount of dew yesterday evening. It is difficult that the wicket will change much. Need to bowl well and come back and bat better.
We were under pressure in the beginning (against Australia), but KL and Kohli batted well, they were fantastic and we are very proud of our performance. It was a good game for us. And in place of Ravichandran Ashwin, Sardul Thakur got a chance today and Ravichandran Ashwin has been dropped from the playing 11.
Playing 11 of both teams for IND vs AFG match
India:
Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Rahit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj.
Afghanistan:
Naveen Ul-Haq, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omerzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Fazalhaq Farooqui.
