Holkar Stadium in Indore will host the second T20I series encounter between Afghanistan and India at 7:00 PM. After winning the toss, Team India chose to bowl. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli are back together. It's the first time that Kohli has appeared in this format in 14 months. His most recent game was in the T-20 World Cup semifinals.
In Indore, India and Afghanistan are playing against each other for the first time. India leads the three-match series 1-0 after winning the opening game by a margin of six wickets.
Rohit Sharma remarked, there is no specific purpose for bowling. This is going to change, in my opinion. I'm pleased with the opening game. Young athletes desire to express themselves and are brave. Gill and Tilak have been replaced by Kohli and Jaiswal in the team.
Kohli's return to T-20 after 14 months
It has been 14 months since Virat Kohli left the T20 squad. November 2023, during the T20 World Cup, was his last game. India defeated England by ten wickets in the semi-final match. Virat spent the day working out in the nets. For the first game, he was unavailable.
Afghanistan team is yet to beat India
India has not yet been defeated by an Afghanistan squad in any format. So far, the two have participated in 11 international games. The Indian team has won nine of these. There was no winner after a stalemate in one match each. Out of six T20Is, India has won five. There was no outcome.
Playing XI for the second T-20
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar and Arshdeep Singh.
Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Noor Ahmed and Mujeeb ur Rahman.