India vs Afghanistan Playing XI: Shardul Thakur replaces Ravichandran Ashwin as AFG bat first

India made one change in their playing XI for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match against Afghanistan with Shardul Thakur coming in for Ravichandran Ashwin, something that we predicted in our copy as well. Afghanistan have decided to stick to their playing XI from the Bangladesh match which they lost by six wickets.

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Toss news: Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and Afghanistan decided to bat first against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Afghanistan playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi