India vs Afghanistan, 9th Match: The ninth match of the ICC World Cup 2023 will be played between India and Afghanistan on October 10 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. This post reads the India vs Afghanistan Expected Playing 11, Squad and Head To Head ODI Stats and Records.
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Both teams have played their first match in this tournament. While one Indian team won the match against Australia by six wickets, the other, Afghanistan, had to face defeat by six wickets against Bangladesh. Hashmatullah Shahidi-led Afghanistan will enter the field with the intention of winning the match against India and gaining two points on the points table, while the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will try to remain undefeated in the tournament by winning the second match.
In the ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings, India is in the first position, while Afghanistan is in the ninth position. Rohit Sharma and Co. will not take such a team lightly because Afghanistan includes great players like Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi who are capable of winning the match single-handedly.
India Expected Playing 11
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Afghanistan Expected Playing 11
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
India vs Afghanistan Full Squad for ICC World Cup 2023
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur
Afghanistan Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
India vs Afghanistan: Head-to-Head ODI Stats and Records
So far, only three ODI matches have been played between India and Afghanistan, in which the Indian team has won two matches and one match has been drawn. Afghanistan is still waiting for its first win against India. The last time these two teams faced each other, India defeated Afghanistan by 11 runs. At that time, the command of the Indian team was on the shoulders of Virat Kohli, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also a part of the playing 11.
- Total ODI Match: 3
- India Won: 2
- Afghanistan Won: 0
- Draw: 1
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