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IND vs AFG Playing 11: After 14 months, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play T20 matches for India. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India played the semifinals of the T20 World Cup-2022 held in Australia. After this, both these players took a break from T20. Did not play a single T20 international match for Team India. Now both have returned. India is scheduled to play a three-match T20 series against Afghanistan from January 11. For this, the selectors took both of them in the team. However, with the arrival of these two, some players may lose their place in the playing-11.
India tied the last T20 series against South Africa 1-1. In the third match, India won by a huge margin of 106 runs. In that match, it seems that one or two players can show the way in the first match against Afghanistan in the playing-11 of Team India.
Who goes out?
Rohit Sharma is the captain of Team India in this series. That is, he definitely plays. Even a player of Virat Kohli’s stature cannot be dropped from the playing-11. That means, both of them are sure to play. In such a situation, one player is sure to quit. Yashaswi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are the openers in the third T20 match against South Africa. Both were also selected for the series against Afghanistan. Along with these two, Rohit also became the opener in the team. Rohit is sure to play. Jaiswal or Gill are sure to be out in such situations. Suryakumar Yadav captained the team in the third T20 against South Africa. But, he is not in this series. Kohli will be included in the playing-11 in his place. In the third T20, Tilak Verma played at number-3. But, after Kohli’s arrival, he may have to move to number-4.
Changes in bowling too..
Mohammad Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja are in the South Africa series. But, not in this series. Off-spinner all-rounder Washington Sundar or Akshar Patel are likely to replace Jadeja in the playing XI. Avesh Khan may get a chance to replace Siraj.
Team India Probable Playing-11 in First Match: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashaswi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicket keeper), Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
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