IND Vs AFG 1st T20 today, IND vs AFG: IND vs AFG Dream11 Prediction, Today Match Prediction

IND vs AFG: IND vs AFG Dream11 Prediction, Today Match Prediction IND vs AFG, IND Vs AFG 1st T20 today

India (IND) will take on Afghanistan (AFG) in the first T20I of the three-match series on Thursday (January 11) at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. This is the first bilateral series between the two teams. They have faced each other three times in the T20 World Cups and once in the Asia Cup. India has won all these four matches.

India last played a T20I series against South Africa last month. The three-match series ended 1-1 as one of the matches ended in a no result due to rain. India defeated South Africa in their last outing in the shortest format of the game. Rohit Sharma is back in the squad to lead. He last played a T20I game during the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022.

Afghanistan faced the United Arab Emirates in their last T20I series and won the three-match series by 2-1 margin. Afghanistan won their last T20I game by four wickets after chasing down the target of 127 runs in 18.3 overs with four wickets in hand. They have made a few changes to the squad that faced the UAE. Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, and Mohammad Ishaq have been dropped from the squad. Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman have been included.

H2H Record :

Total matches - 05
IND won - 04
AFG won - 00
NR - 01
Tied - 00,

 Pitch Report :

The surface at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium is a batting-friendly surface, and is expected to assist the batters once again here. Pacers might get some help towards the latter half of the match while spinners may come in handy in the middle overs. If the first few overs batsmen get out with patience without losing wickets, then they can score runs at a fast pace in the middle overs and the end overs. Along with this, the due factor is often seen in the field of Mohali. In such a situation, whichever team wins the toss today can decide to bowl first.

The average first-innings score on this wicket is 170 runs.

 Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 11°C on the Thursday with 90% humidity and 8-10 km/hr wind speed. There are 10% chances of precipitation during the game.

 Probable Playing XI IND vs AFG:

India :

Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.

 Afghanistan :

Ibrahim Zadran (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen-Ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

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