India opt to bowl against Afghanistan, no Jaiswal

Mohali: India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first against Afghanistan in the first T20 International here Thursday.

Sanju Samson, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, and Yashashvi Jaiswal, who was finalised as one of the openers along with the captain on the eve of the first game, will miss the match due to injuries.

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Rohit said at the toss that Yashashvi “didn’t pull off well”.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (capt), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

PTI