India Playing XI for 1st T20 against Afghanistan: No Gill-Jaiswal; Rohit-Kohli to Open

Rohit Sharma has returned as the captain of T20I team

India is set to play a three match T20I Series against Afghanistan beginning from 11th January 2024. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have returned to the Indian T20 squad after more than a year. Rohit has been announced as the captain. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya has failed to make the squad due to his injury.

KL Rahul has been dropped from the T20I set-up and Shreyas Iyer is rested against Afghanistan. Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj are also not picked to ease their workload. Yuzvendra Chahal has been ignored again. Sanju Samson has made a return in the T20 squad and Jitesh Sharma has retained his spot.

Team India T20I Squad for Afghanistan Series

Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar

Also read: IND vs AFG T20I Series 2024: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli Return; Bumrah, Siraj Rested

Team India Probable Playing XI for the 1st T20I against Afghanistan

  • Rohit Sharma (Capt)
  • Virat Kohli
  • Tilak Varma
  • Sanju Samson
  • Rinku Singh
  • Jitesh Sharma (WK)
  • Shivam Dube
  • Washington Sundar
  • Ravi Bishnoi
  • Arshdeep Singh
  • Mukesh Kumar
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