India’s second match of the 2023 World Cup against Afghanistan will be in Delhi, which is more conducive to fast bowling than Chennai was. As such, India may consider including Shardul Thakur in place of Ravichandran Ashwin.
Apart from that, India is unlikely to make any other changes to the squad. Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan are both expected to retain their places, even though Iyer fell for a duck in the previous match.
Virat Kohli will be looking to make amends for missing out on a century in the previous match. If he scores a century in this match, he will be just one century away from equaling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 tons in ODIs.
India’s predicted XI vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2023:
- Openers: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan
- Top and middle-order: Virat Kohli, KL Rahul(wk), Shreyas Iyer
- All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur
- Spinner: Kuldeep Yadav
- Pacers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
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