Indian cricket team have made one change to the side that beat Australia by six wickets in their opening game by roping in all-rounder Shardul Thakur for Ravichandran Ashwin. (Live Scorecard | Live Streaming | Preview | Full Coverage)
Speaking at the toss, Rohit Sharma spoke about the conditions and the change of bringing in Shardul for Ashwin. "We were looking to bat second. We saw the amount of dew last evening. Don't think the wicket will change much. Need to bowl well and need to come back and bat better. We were under pressure (against Australia) to start with, but KL and Kohli batted well, they were magnificent and we take a lot of pride in our performance. It was a good game for us, hopefully we can repeat that and keep the momentum going forward. Ashwin misses out, Shardul Thakur comes in for him," said Rohit Sharma.
In the previous game, India started off nervously by losing three wickets for two runs but Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored half-centuries and stitched a crucial partnership to guide India home against Australia.
Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first against India.
Teams:
Afghanistan (Playing XI): 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
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
