India vs Afghanistan clash today Kuldeep Yadav may get a chance
New Delhi. The Indian cricket team will take the field today after an 8-day break. Team India will face Afghanistan in the Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup. The USA leg is over, now it is the turn of the Caribbean leg. The Super 8 matches, semi-finals and finals of the World Cup will be played in the Windies. The pitches here are favorable for spinners. In the match to be played between India and Afghanistan on Thursday, all eyes will be on the spinners. Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav may enter the Indian playing eleven while fast bowler Mohammad Siraj may have to sit out.
The dusty pitch of Kensington Oval in Barbados will help spinners. Wrist spinners will prove to be more effective here than leg spinners. Rohit Sharma would prefer to trust wrist spinners on such a pitch. There are two leg spinners in the Indian World Cup squad. But among these, Kuldeep Yadav may get preference over Yuzvendra Chahal.
Chahal will have to wait longer to make his debut in the T20 World Cup
A day before the match against Afghanistan, Team India’s head coach Rahul Dravid hinted at including a spinner in the playing eleven. In such a situation, Kuldeep Yadav is expected to get a place against Afghanistan. Yuzvendra Chahal will have to wait a little longer for his debut in the T20 World Cup. The pitches of New York were favorable for the pacers. Therefore, Rohit and Dravid had decided to go to America with three frontline pacers and two spinners. Jadeja and Akshar Patel got a chance in America. Both of them are all-rounders and give depth in batting along with bowling.
India’s probable XI against Afghanistan: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 20, 2024, 18:20 IST