IND vs AFGCaptain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli return as India announce squad for Afghanistan T20I series

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli went back to T20I cricket for the very first time because November 2022 as the Indian cricket board (BCCI) senior choice committee revealed the team for a 3-match T20I series versus Afghanistan, beginning January 11. The series will see India face Afghanistan beginning on January 11, 2024, at Mohali, followed by video games on January 14 in Indore and January 17 in Bengaluru and it will be India’s last T20I task before the T20 World Cup in June.

INDIA SQUAD FOR AFGHANISTAN T20Is

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.

The senior choice committee, as reported by India Today, fulfilled in Mumbai on Sunday to select the group. The 16-member team has a great mix of youth and experience. Senior pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj have actually not been selected, remembering the 5-Test series versus England that will begin at the end of the month.

India’s T20 World Cup 2024 schedule

Both Kohli and Sharma have actually not played a T20I because their last look in the semi-final of the 2022 T20 World Cup, where India lost to England. In 2023, with the ODI World Cup taking precedence, Rohit and Kohli directed their attention towards the 50-over format. Regardless of expectations for their resurgence in T20Is throughout the South Africa trip, they selected to extend their break. This choice triggered conversations about their possible schedule for the 2024 T20 World Cup.

2 essential gamers, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, will miss out on the three-match series due to injuries. Pandya has actually run out action considering that the ODI World Cup in 2023, and Yadav sustained an injury throughout the trip of South Africa, with his return anticipated just in the following month.

The speed duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj have actually likewise been rested after their comprehensive participation in the current Test series versus South Africa.

The choice committee’s choice was waited for with excellent interest as this series is India’s last T20I task before the T20 World Cup in 2024.

Especially, Afghanistan called a full-strength 19-member team for the prominent series versus India. Rashid Khan, their routine captain, was called in the team, however he is not likely to play even a single match as he is on the roadway to healing following a back surgical treatment in November 2023.

Afghanistan Squad

Ibrahim Zadran (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ikram Alikhil (WK), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Azmaullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen Ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem, Qais Ahmad, Gulbadin Naib and Rashid Khan.

SCHEDULE FOR IND VS AFG T20Is

First T20I in Mohali on January 11
Second T20I in Indore on January 14
3rd T20I in Bengaluru on January 17