India vs Afghanan tip-off XI, World Cup 2023: Shubman Gill out, will Shardul Thakur and Shami get a look in ? | Cricket-world-cup News
India vs Afghanan tip-off XI: India take on Afghanan in match 9 of the 2023 World Cup at the Arun Jaitely Stadium, Delhi. The two teams have had contrasting starts, with India beating Australia in Chennai while Afghanan, on the other hand, were handed a six-wicket defeat against Bangladesh.In terms of head to head battles, India have the edge with two wins out of three and one draw. The two teams played each other only once in the ODI World Cup 2019 where Afghanan failed to reach the target of 225 and lost 11 runs.
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Hence, the scales are tilted towards the home-team but before the live action here are few tip-off XI for India vs Afghanan match:
Opening combo and middle-order
Opener Shubman Gill, who is down with dengue, remains out of action. So the opening combination is set to remain the same with Ishan Kishan partnering skipper Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul will continue to hold the middle-order together. Iyer had failed in the last game, out for a duck against Australia. India’s coach Rahul Dravid watched him closely at the nets and batting coach Vikram Rathour has also made it clear that Iyer is the designated No 4 for India and one failure doesn’t change anything.
Shardul for Ashwin ?
The bigger picture is whether India will stick with the winning combination or go for horses for courses in Delhi. India’s spin trio, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, shared six wickets between them with an economy of 3.46. But in the last match in Delhi, all the bowlers were taken for the cleaners. So will India opt for a change and include Shardul Thakur? But then, Ashwin is likely to make way for the pace-bowling all-rounder.
Will Shami get a look in ?
With Rohit’s stated concern about the duration of the tournament and the concern about his pacers’ fitness, will Mohammed Shami be given and either Siraj and Bumrah rested? Or even Ashwin could be replaced with Shami.
India vs Afghanan weather report
All eyes will again on the skies but there’s no chance of rain throughout the duration of the match.
India vs Afghanan pitch report
In Delhi, the black soil pitch has been relaid after this year’s IPL, infusing life back into what had come to be known as batter’s graveyard. Not that the belter will be anti-India; if anything it’s likely to negate Afghanan’s strengths, their spin pack.
India vs Afghanan playing XIs
India Predicted XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed SirajMost Read
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Afghanan Predicted XI: Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
India vs Afghanan Squads:
India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur
Afghanan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Ikram Alikhil, Abdul Rahman, Riaz Hassan, Noor Ahmad
