Afghanistan vs India, FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers: Match preview, team news, starting XI, head-to-head
The Blue Tigers have plied their trades in three matches so far and are placed fourth in the five-team group courtesy of their two points.
Team India will take on Afghanistan in their final Super Four match of the 2018 Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on Tuesday.
On one side, the Rohit Sharma-led Team India have already qualified for the finals after one-sided victories against Pakistan and Bangladesh. Team blue look in great form and more confident and they might have done everything right in the tournament and getting the good results so far.
On the other side, Afghanistan team are already out of the Asia Cup 2018 after losing back-to-back matches against Pakistan and Bangladesh. Though Afghanistan’s performance in the tournament was very impressive as they topped their group in the first stage of the tournament, the tournament ended on a bitter note for the Blue Tigers.
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As far as the Indian squad is concerned, with the team already having qualified for the finals of Asia Cup 2018, Captain Rohit Sharma will be looking to make a couple of changes in today’s match.
All-rounder Deepak Chahar may get a chance in place of Kuldeep Yadav or Yuzvendra Chahal. And we may also see KL Rahul opening India innings in place of Shikar Dhawan.
Despite losing back-to-back matches against Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Afghanistan squad will be coming to the match with nothing to lose and will be looking to end the campaign on a brighter note. Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, and Rahmat Shah are the key players who can turn around the game at any stage.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Siddarth Kaul, K Khaleel Ahmed
Afghanistan: Asghar Afghan(c), Mohammad Shahzad, Ihsanullah Janat, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam, Samiullah Shenwari, Munir Ahmad, Sayed Shirzad, Sharafuddin Ashraf
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