IND vs AFG: The 3-match T20 series against Afghanistan will begin from January 11. Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in this series. The head coach Rahul Dravid clarified that the experienced batsman of Team India Virat Kohli will not play in the first match of the series.
Dravid said that Virat Kohli will not play in the first T20 due to personal reasons. But Virat will be available for the rest of the series after that. Dravid answered various questions with this information. Also, since Virat is not there, Dravid also made it clear who will open with Rohit.
Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made a comeback from the T20 series against Afghanistan. Therefore, the question was raised by cricket fans that who will open with Rohit. Because Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli were all three openers in the team.
But now Virat will not be in the first match. Due to this, the names of Shubman and Yashasvi were discussed to open with Rohit. On this, Dravid said without hiding who will open with Rohit.
Team India will be opened by a Mumbaikar
Young Mumbaikar batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal will open along with Rohit Sharma. Rahul Dravid gave information about this. So cricket fans will get to see another new opening pair now. The cricket world will be watching how Yashasvi opens with Rohit.
The new opening pair of India in T20I.
– It's time for destruction 🔥⭐ pic.twitter.com/C92v3sK3g2
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 10, 2024
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), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ikram Alikhil (wicketkeeper), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Ajmullah Umarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Fazal Haq Farooqui, Farid Ahmed, Navin Ul Haq, Noor Ahmed, Mohammad Saleem, Qais Ahmed, Gulbadin Naib and Rashid Khan.
