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Sports Top 10: After a long time, the Indian team will take the field to play T20 series under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. The first match of the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan will be played today at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. This will be Team India’s last T20 International series in this format before the T20 World Cup 2024. Whereas, experienced Indian wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has been appointed by the England Lions team as the batting advisor of the team for their upcoming India tour.
The first T20 match between India and Afghanistan will be held in Mohali.
Afghanistan team will take the field for the first time to play a bilateral T20 series against India. The first match of this three-match series will be played today at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. The Indian team has not faced defeat against Afghanistan even once in this format. Everyone’s eyes will also be on captain Rohit Sharma, who will captain the team in this format after a long time.
Virat Kohli will not play the first match of the series
Virat Kohli will not be a part of the playing 11 in the first T20 match of the series against Afghanistan, Team India head coach Rahul Dravid gave this information in the press conference held a day before the match. Giving information in his statement, he said that due to personal reasons, Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the first T20 match. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli played his last T20 match for Team India in the semi-final match against England in the T20 World Cup played in the year 2022.
England Lions team gave big responsibility to Dinesh Karthik
The England Lions team, which is visiting India, has to play three four-day matches against India A. All these matches will be played in Ahmedabad. The coaching staff of England Lions has been announced for this series. Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik has also been included in this. Karthik will join the team as a batting consultant. Dinesh Karthik will be with the team for around nine days before the start of the tour.
Cricket West Indies announced the team for ODI and T20 series
The West Indies team, which is on Australia tour, has to play series in all three formats. Cricket West Indies has announced the team for the ODI and T20 series to be held after the 2-match Test series, in which Shimron Hetmyer has not been included in the team for both the series. Meanwhile, Jason Holder has returned to the team for the T20 series.
Head coach Dravid’s big statement regarding Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer have not been made part of the Indian team for the T20 series against Afghanistan. In response to the question asked about the non-inclusion of these two players, head coach Rahul Dravid said that whatever is being reported in the media is not true. He told that Ishan Kishan had asked for rest and I think he had not made himself available for this series, that is why he has not been selected in the team. In response to the question regarding Shreyas Iyer, he said that he is not playing this series because of many batsmen. But as far as disciplinary action is being said, there is no substance in it.
Rohit Sharma has a chance to equal this record
If Indian team captain Rohit Sharma succeeds in winning all the matches as captain in the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan, then he will equal a big record. So far, under the captaincy of Rohit, the Indian team has won 39 T20 matches, while the record of winning the most matches as a captain in T20 International is in the name of Afghanistan’s Asag Afghan, who has won 42 matches and Rohit is just three steps behind it.
Rashid Khan out of T20 series against India
Just a day before the start of the three-match T20 series against Team India, the Afghanistan team has suffered a big blow in the form of star leg spinner Rashid Khan. After the ODI World Cup 2023, Rashid had lower back surgery and he has not been able to fully recover from it yet and that is why he will not be seen playing in this T20 series.
Steve Smith will handle the responsibility of opening
After announcing the team for the Test series against West Indies, Australian team chief selector George Bailey made it clear that Steve Smith will take the responsibility of opening the innings for the team in this series. Steve Smith batted at number 8 in his debut match of his Test career. Till now, he has had an excellent record at number-4 position.
Enrique Norkhia out of SA20 league
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Tom Curran out of BBL season due to knee injury
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