Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill
India vs Afghanistan 1st T20I: The Indian team is going to play a three-match T20 series against Afghanistan from January 11. Team India is working hard in Mohali for the first match of this series. This match will be played at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. Let us tell you that Team India will play this series under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli is also returning to Team India’s squad after 14 months. With the return of these two, there is a lot of discussion about the playing 11 of Team India. At the same time, it is also being talked about which pair will be seen opening the match during this series. Now the head coach of Team India has made a big announcement regarding this.
Team India will get a new opening pair
A big update has come out before the T20 series starting against Afghanistan. Where Rahul Dravid said during the press conference that which two players will open for Team India during this series. Rahul Dravid said that Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal will open during this series. He also said that Yashasvi Jaiswal has impressed a lot for some time now.
Both players will open for the first time
Rohit Sharma has not played T20 match for Team India since T20 World Cup 2022. Yashasvi Jaiswal played his first T20 match for Team India in the year 2023. In such a situation, both these players have not opened this format together yet. However, Rohit and Jaiswal have opened together in Tests and their pairing was quite a hit. Both players will open together for the first time in T20 format. Fans will hope that this new pair will be a hit for Team India in this format also. Whereas Virat Kohli will not be able to play in the first match of the series. In such a situation, Shubman Gill can be seen playing the first match at number three.
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