Shubhman Gill and Sanju Samson
IND vs AFG 1st T20I: The first match of the three-match T20 series against India and Afghanistan will be played this evening. This match is to be organized in Mohali. Team India is fully prepared for this match. The Indian team is working hard before the match. This series is being considered very important for the preparations for T20 World Cup 2024. This is the reason why players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have returned to Team India. The Indian team would like to completely dominate this series. There are some players in Team India who will play T20 match against Afghanistan for the first time. Let’s take a look at those players.
These players will field against Afghanistan for the first time
In the T20 match to be played against Afghanistan, there are some Indian players who will play T20 match against Afghanistan for the first time. The biggest name among those players is Shubhman Gill. Gill played his first T20 match for Team India in the year 2023. Since his debut, Gill has played only T20 matches against New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. In such a situation, this will be a different challenge for Gill.
Apart from Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar are also such players who have not played a single T20 match against Afghanistan yet. Apart from these players, Team India has some other players who were part of the playing 11 in a T20 match against Afghanistan, but that match was canceled due to rain. This match was the final match of the Asian Games. In which the match was canceled due to rain and Team India was given victory due to good ranking.
These players also have their first chance
In that match, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma were included in the playing 11. However, these players did not get a chance to play the entire match and could not bat. In such a situation, there are a total of 9 players who can play a T20 match against Afghanistan for the first time. Now it will be interesting to see how many of these 9 players Rohit Sharma makes a part of the playing 11.
Team India’s squad against Afghanistan
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh. , Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
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