IND vs AFG 1st T20I: Revealed! Why Yashasvi Jaiswal Not Featuring In 1st T20I Against Afghanistan
New Delhi: Yashasvi Jaiswal is unavailable to play the first T20I match between Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team and Ibrahim Zadran’s Afghanistan at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, on January 11 due to a sore right groin. Shubman Gill will be opening the Indian innings with Rohit Sharma.
“UPDATE: Mr Yashasvi Jaiswal was unavailable for selection for the first T20I due to a sore right groin,” BCCI tweeted from their official X account, formerly known as Twitter.
UPDATE: Mr Yashasvi Jaiswal was unavailable for selection for the first T20I due to a sore right groin.#INDvAFG
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 11, 2024
As for the match, Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first. Ibrahim Zadran wanted to bowl first too but wasn’t too stressed after losing the toss. Both captains are seeing this series really crucial ahead of the upcoming edition of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
“We will bowl first. No particular reason, the pitch is good and it doesn’t change a lot here. A lot to gain from the 3 games, we haven’t had too much T20 cricket leading to the World Cup, there’s IPL, but this is an international game and we’ll try to achieve a few things,” said Rohit after winning the toss.
“I had a chat with Rahul bhai regarding the combination going forward and what we need to do as a group. That’s what we’ll try to do, but winning is the most important thing. Sanju Samson, Avesh, Yashashvi (who didn’t pull off well) and Kuldeep miss out,” he added.
IND vs AFG Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman