India triumphed over Afghanistan in the IND vs AFG 1st T20I in Mohali on Thursday courtesy of some impressive all round performance by Shivam Dube. After the dominant performance in the 1st T20I, Rohit Sharma’s will take on the Afghans in the IND vs AFG 2nd T20I at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday.
India will look forward to the return of Virat Kohli in the T20 side after missing out the first match. Kohli will make a comeback in the T20Is after 14 months. Another senior making a comeback to the T20Is is captain Rohit Sharma who had a forgettable return. The skipper departed without troubling the scorers in the IND vs AFG 1st T20I owing to a terrible mix-up with fellow opener Shubman Gill.
While there are a lot of interesting battles on the cards in the IND vs AFG 2nd T20I, will rain allow a full match in Indore? Let’s find out.
IND vs AFG 2nd T20I Weather Report
On Sunday, January 14, the weather in Indore is expected to be foggy. The maximum temperature at the beginning of the match is predicted to be around 22°C, while the maximum temperature at the end of the match is likely to be around 17°C. No rain is expected on the day of the match. Therefore, the match is expected to go on without interruption. However, dew may affect the match in the late stages.
Squads
Team India: 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
Afghanistan: 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.
