IND vs AFG – The countdown of the first T20 match between Team India vs Afghanistan has started. The first match is just a few hours away. The first match will be played at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
Before that, Afghanistan suffered a major blow. Afghanistan star Rashid Khan is said to be out of this T20 series. After that, bad news has come from Team India.
Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made their entry into Team India 14 months after November 2022. So Indian fans were eager to see both of them playing T20 cricket once again.
But a few hours before the first match, bad news has come out. Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the first T20 match. Team India head coach Rahul Dravid has given information about this in a press conference. ICC has tweeted about this.
What exactly is the reason?
According to the ICC, Virat will not play in the first T20 match due to personal reasons. But the ICC has also said that he will be available for the rest of the series. Now cricket fans are going to pay attention to who is given a chance to replace Virat in the team.
Team India for T20 series against Afghanistan | Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh , Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar.
Afghanistan team Ibrahim Zadran (Captain), Rehmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ikram Alikhil (WK), Hazratullah Jhajhai, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Azmullah Umarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Fazal Haq Farooqui, Farid Ahmed, Naveen Ul Haq, Noor Ahmed, Mohammad Salim, Qais Ahmed, Gulbadin Naib and Rashid Khan.