Big image: Final rehearsal for India

While Gill has improved his six-hitting skill, his powerplay strike fee in all T20s for the reason that begin of 2023 is just 138.44 whereas Jaiswal's is 163.69. In Kohli's absence, Gill may slot in at No. 3 on Thursday however might have to sit down out for the final two video games.

Afghanistan can be eager to construct on their features from the 2023 ODI World Cup. They will play 9 T20Is between now and the T20 World Cup. So there may be time to finalise the first-choice XI, play it collectively, and fine-tune it if required.

Rohit Sharma was in good spirits throughout India's coaching session•PTI

Form information

India WLWWL (final 5 accomplished T20Is, most up-to-date first)Afghanistan WLWWW

In the highlight: Rohit Sharma and Najibullah Zadran

Team news: Samson or Jitesh?

India (possible): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 Shubman Gill, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Jitesh Sharma/Sanju Samson (wk), 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Mukesh Kumar

Ibrahim Zadran will lead Afghanistan in T20Is for the second successive sequence•PTI

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

Pitch and situations: Win the toss and chase

Out of 40 T20s Mohali has hosted within the final two years, the chasing crew has received 26. So the crew profitable the toss can be seeking to bowl first, although Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran mentioned he did not discover a lot dew previously two days. At evening, it may get barely foggy with the temperature dropping beneath 5°C.

Stats and trivia: Will India get fortunate with the toss?

• India have now misplaced 11 tosses in a row. The likelihood of that taking place is 0.0005.
• Rohit wants 147 runs to grow to be the second batter after Kohli to succeed in 4000 T20I runs.
• Mohammad Nabi wants 123 runs and eight wickets to finish the double of 2000 runs and 100 wickets in T20Is. So far, Shakib Al Hasan is the one one to take action.
• Axar Patel is 5 wanting 50 T20I wickets.

Quotes

"Rinku Singh has made a good start in international cricket and he is playing really well. The role we have given him, the finisher's role, he is fulfilling it. This is another opportunity for him to take his development further. As far as the selection is concerned, that will be decided later but when players perform well, they are always in the selectors' minds."Rahul Dravid on if Rinku Singh may very well be a very good choose for the T20 World Cup

"You see, we have one of the best spinners in the world, and we also have good fast bowlers in Naveen and Fazal. So our aim is to improve our batting skills and we will try to do more in that department."Ibrahim Zadran on the realm Afghanistan want to enhance probably the most in

Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo