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The Indian cricket team is all set to play a three-match T20 series with Afghanistan in Mohali, Punjab from January 11, but India’s star cricketer Virat Kohli will not be able to play the first T20 match due to personal reasons.
Addressing a press conference on 10 January, India head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed the news. Dravid said that Indian captain Rohit Sharma will open with Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Earlier on January 7, the Ajit Agarkar-led Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) selection committee, which includes SS Das and Salil Ankola, released Team India’s squad for the upcoming IDFC First Bank T20 International series against Afghanistan.
Also read: India vs Afghanistan: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli to play T20 series; Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj were rested
In the list released, BCCI confirmed the return of captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli, who will play the shortest format of the game after 14 months.
While the board had said that the selectors have decided to give some rest to India’s star fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj who had bowled some impressive spells in South Africa.
According to details, Kohli’s return to the T20 format after 14 months gave fans a reason to celebrate and some of them even demanded that Virat Kohli open the innings with Rohit Sharma in the T20 series against Afghanistan.
The first T20 match between India and Afghanistan will be played on January 11 at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, the second on January 14 in Indore and the final match on January 17 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
India vs Afghanistan: Team India Team
Rohit Sharma (C), S Gill, Y Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, W Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh , Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
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Published: Jan 10, 2024, 05:43 PM IST
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