India vs Afghanistan: Ishaan will play in this match in place of Gill; possible playing 11

India vs Afghanistan: Ishaan will play in this match in place of Gill; possible playing 11

India will face Afghanistan in the World Cup 2023 on Wednesday 11 October. This match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi from 2 pm. The toss will take place at 1.30 pm.

Team India's regular opener Shubman Gill will not be able to play in this match due to dengue. Ishan Kishan is likely to open in his place along with Rohit Sharma. However, against Australia, he returned to the pavilion without opening the account.

 

Team India's regular opener Shubman Gill will not be able to play in this match due to dengue.

Shubman Gill has not come to Delhi with the team. However, he has been discharged from the hospital in Chennai. He is recovering fast, but the picture of his return to the field is not clear yet. Ishan Kishan is likely to open in his place in this match also. However, the team management can also give a chance to Suryakumar Yadav for this match.

On the other hand, there is no fitness related issue in the Afghanistan team. The team wants to give a tough challenge to India on its home ground.

 

Head-to-Head Record

So far only three ODI matches have been played between India and Afghanistan. Of these, India won two matches and one was tied. Team India is the favorite in this match also. His recent form has been excellent. Team India started its journey by defeating Australia, one of the strongest teams of this World Cup, by 6 wickets. Afghanistan had to face defeat against Bangladesh.

 

Top Performers

In terms of batting, Shubman Gill has been the top scorer for Team India so far in 2023, but he will not play in this match. Therefore, let us look at this year's performance of the second-best scorer Virat Kohli. In terms of bowling, Kuldeep Yadav is the topper in Team India.

For Afghanistan, Ibrahim Zadran has scored the most runs (500) so far this year. He also scored a century. Talking about the bowling front, Fazalhaq Farooqui has bowled well. He has taken 16 wickets in 12 matches.

 

 

Pitch Report

So far 27 ODI matches have been played on this ground. The team batting first won 13 matches and the team chasing the target also won the same number of matches. The result of one match could not be determined. Out of the last 6 matches, 5 were won by the team batting first. The average score of the first inning is 260 runs.

 

The record of highest run chase here is in the name of Team India. In 1982, our team won against Sri Lanka by scoring 278 runs. The wicket here is slow, but in the last match between South Africa and Sri Lanka, both the teams scored around 800 runs. It is believed that this time also the wicket will be batting friendly and the team winning the toss will give importance to batting first.

 

 

India and Afghanistan have faced each other only once before in the ODI World Cup.

The date was 22 June 2019 and the place was Southampton Ground, England. Virat Kohli was the captain at that time. They won the toss and decided to bat first. India scored 224 runs losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. Kohli scored the maximum 67 runs. In reply, the Afghan team was all out for 213 runs in 49.5 overs and lost the match by just 11 runs.

In the last over, the Afghan team had to score 16 runs to win. But, Mohammed Shami not only achieved a hat-trick by dismissing Mohammed Nabi, Aftab Alam and Mujeeb-ur-Rahman but also led Team India to victory.

 

Weather

The weather in the country's capital will be absolutely clear on Wednesday. The wind speed will be 13 to 15 kilometers per hour. Humidity is likely to be around 40%. There is no possibility of rain. So, keep expecting a complete and excellent match.

 

The match between South Africa and Sri Lanka on the wicket of Arun Jaitley Stadium was high-scoring.

Possible playing eleven

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan/Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur/Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. Siraj.

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqui.