The India Cricket Team will look to seal the series with yet another dominating win in the IND vs AFG 2nd T20I. The Men in Blue won the first match comfortably and a win in this match will secure a series win in favour of the hosts. As for team India, all eyes will be on Virat Kohli who makes is return to the shortest format of the game.
If the previous game was all about Rohit Sharma, then this match is all about Virat Kohli. The star batter is back in the India T20I squad after a long span of 14 months. Furthermore, with the Pitch at the Holker Cricket Stadium preferring batters, it can be expected that Kohli and Co amass big scores against the Pathans.
India clinched a comfortable victory in Mohali by 6 wickets in the previous game. Shivam Dube shined with the bat, scoring an unbeaten knock of 60 runs while also claiming a wicket. While Rohit Sharma departed for a duck in a horrible run out mix-up, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma and Jitesh Sharma all found runs from the bat.
In terms of India’s bowling, Mukesh Kumar and Axar Patel scalped 2 wickets apiece. For Afghanistan, the veteran Mohammad Nabi was the highlight with his stunning knock of 42 runs.
With just 2 more T20Is remaining in bilateral series ahead of the T20 World Cup, it will be India who will be keen to showcase their brilliance in all departments to seal the series.
India vs Afghanistan 2nd T20I
Date – 14th January
Time – 7 PM IST
Venue – Holker Cricket Stadium, Indore
Live Streaming – JioCinema
Live Broadcast – Sports18 Network
IND Squad: 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
AFG 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
