The first match of the 3-match T20 series between India and Afghanistan will be played in Mohali today. The match will start at 7:00 pm at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium. It will be 6:30 pm today. This will be Team India’s first T20 match this year.

The title of the T-20 World Cup 2024 series is important for India. This is India’s last T20 series before the tournament. After this, India will play 5 tests against England and then IPL will start. IPL is expected to pick up by the third week of May. The T20 World Cup will also start in West Indies and America right after the tournament from June 1.

India-Afghanistan 5 T-20s took place
This is the first time that a bilateral T-20 series will be released between the two teams. There have been 5 matches between India and Afghanistan in T-20. India won 4 matches, while one match remained inconclusive. All these groups have played in different tournaments.

Top run scorer of successful team
Yashasvi Player will open the innings with Captain Rohit Sharma, while Shubman Gill will bat at number 3 in the absence of Kohli. This will be India’s first T-20 match this year. Suryakumar Yadav was the team’s top runner last year, but he is out of the team due to injury. Yashasvi Engineer is at number two. The top wicket taker is Arshdeep Singh.

Gurbaz scored the most runs for Afghanistan
Afghan commando Ibrahim Zadran is being supported. Rehman Abbas Gurbaz has scored the most runs for the team in the year 2023. He scored 288 runs. Qais Ahmed is at number one in the list of top wicket taker, he has taken 11 wickets in 6 tests.

team update
Experienced superstar Virat Kohli will not play the first match of this series. He is available for the second and third T20. On Sunday, Indian team head coach Rahul Dravid gave this information before the T-20 in Mohali. Dravid said- ‘No goods are available to Virat before the price of his personal belongings.

Afghanistan’s star batsman Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the T20 series against India. The labellist of his back has been released. Rashid had undergone pink surgery 2 months ago.

pitch report
The Mohali Stadium pitch is dominated by bouncers, but as the game progresses, the pacers also get help. A total of 6 T-10 matches were played at PCA Stadium. The team batting in the first innings won 2 matches and the team batting later won 4 matches. The highest team score here is 211, which was made by Australia against India in 2022.

wader forecast
The weather will be clear in Mohali on Thursday. There is no rain here, but it will be quite cold. The wind speed will be up to 9 km per hour. The temperature can remain between 20 to 3 degrees Celsius.

video stats from match
Rohit Sharma can become the highest run scoring Indian captain in T20 International by scoring 44 runs in today’s match.

Possible playing eleven of both the teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Khiladi, Shubman Gill, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma/Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Ravi Bishwoi, Shamim Yadav/Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan.

Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran (Captain), Azmat Aasa Omarzai, Rehman Saad Gurabaz (wk), Karim Janat, Najeeb Aza Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Gulbadin Majih, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Mujeeb Ur Rehman and Sahabzadi.