Siraj is out, Kuldeep Yadav gets a chance India has made one change in the playing eleven
New Delhi. The Indian cricket team has made one change in the playing eleven for the match against Afghanistan. Indian team has given chance to wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in Super 8 match of T20 World Cup 2024. Kuldeep has been included in the playing eleven in place of fast bowler Mohammad Siraj. Kuldeep has been part of the playing XI for the first time in this World Cup. Windies pitches are perfect for spinners. In such a situation, as soon as Team India reached West Indies from America, they decided to drop one of the pacers from the playing eleven and go with an additional spinner.
In this match being played between India and Afghanistan at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, India won the toss and decided to bat first. There is also a change in Afghanistan’s playing eleven. Hazratullah Zazai has got a chance to replace Karim Janat. At the time of the toss, Rohit said, ‘We will bat first. The track looks good. There is no grass on the pitch, I think it will be slow. It’s better than New York. We have to adapt quickly to the circumstances. We have been here for a few days, we have played a lot of cricket. Indian team has 7 bowling options. He has an option of 4 fast bowling and 3 spin bowling. Arshdeep Singh, Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey will be the fast bowlers, while the spin responsibility will be on the shoulders of Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav.
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India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicket keeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicket keeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbuddin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui.
Tags: ICC T20 World Cup, IND vs AFG, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli
First published: June 20, 2024, 19:52 IST