India’s captain Rohit Sharma and Afghanistan’s captain Rashid Khan during the coin toss during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Cricket, Super 8 match between India and Afghanistan in Bridgetown, Barbados on June 20, 2024. | Image credit: KR Deepak
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the coin toss and chose to bat against Afghanistan in the opening match of the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday.
India made one change, including wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in place of pacer Mohammed Siraj.
There was also a change in Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai replaced Karim Janat.
Team
India: Rahul Shah, Rahman …
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.