Big image: Virat Kohli returns to T20I motion

Kohli is about to return for the second T20I in Indore - India's second final earlier than the T20 World Cup will get underway within the USA and the West Indies in June. He hasn't scored freely in opposition to spin in T20 cricket - he has the second-lowest strike price in opposition to spin amongst batters who've performed at the very least 50 innings within the IPL previously 5 seasons - so, this will likely be take a look at for him in opposition to Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi. There can be appreciable curiosity round whether or not Rohit can dominate T20I powerplays like he did the ODI powerplays on the World Cup final yr.

The inclusion of Shivam Dube and Washington Sundar has given India six bowling choices and stretches their batting right down to No. 8. Dube was dropped for the T20I sequence in South Africa and had beforehand warmed the bench throughout the dwelling T20Is in opposition to Australia, however might make a severe case to be picked in India's T20 World Cup squad as Hardik Pandya's back-up, particularly if he has a powerful IPL season.

India WWLWW (final 5 accomplished T20Is, most up-to-date first)Afghanistan LWLWW

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Kohli will return for the Indore T20I. If Jaiswal is match, he'll substitute Shubman Gill on the prime. Wristspinner Ravi Bishnoi, who leaked 35 runs in three overs within the first T20I, might make approach for Kuldeep Yadav. At some level within the sequence, India may additionally be tempted to check out Avesh Khan rather than a fast or a spinner.

India (possible): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal/Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shivam Dube, 5 Rinku Singh, 6 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 7 Axar Patel, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav/Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Mukesh Kumar/Avesh Khan

Afghanistan (possible): 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Hazratullah Zazai/Rahmat Shah, 3 Ibrahim Zadran (capt), 4 Azmatullah Omarzai, 5 Mohammad Nabi, 6 Najibullah Zadran, 7 Karim Janat, 8 Gulbadin Naib, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi

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"We want to try our bowlers in different situations of the game. Like you saw, Washy [Washington] bowled the 19th over [in Mohali]. We want to challenge the bowlers in the areas they are not used to."India captain Rohit Sharma

"The bilateral series [against India] is a step in the right direction for our side. It's an indication of the progress made by the side."Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott