File photo of Virat Kohli.
After India’s disappointing performance against New Zealand’s spin web, a headache has turned into a migraine for India when they take on Afghanistan on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. Indian batsmen especially need to pull their socks against the Afghan spin attack as their main spin duo Rashid Khan and Mujeeb ur Rahman have been in deadly form in the current tournament. Apart from this, the Afghan captain- Mohammad Nabi also gives tense nerves with his off-spin.
Rookie leggie Rashid Khan has been in great form in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021. In three innings, Khan has taken seven wickets and has an economy of 4.74.
Probable XI
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant/Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra JadejaShardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit BumrahVarun Chakravarthy/Ravichandran Ashwin
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat/Mujib ur Rehman, Hamid Hasan, Naveen-ul-Haq
injury update
Suryakumar Yadav is likely to return to the Indian team after being ruled out of the previous match due to a back spasm. For Afghanistan, Sharafuddin Ashraf was approved as Asghar Afghan’s replacement in the Afghanistan squad ahead of their match against India. All-rounder Sharfuddin, who has played 17 ODIs and nine T20Is, was approved as a replacement after Asghar’s retirement.
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shameeq
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (W), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (C), Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Hamid Hasan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Usman Ghani, Hashmatullah Shahidi , Farid Ahmed, Sharafuddin Ashraf.
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