🏏Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 - Match 5 : Afghanistan vs India🏏 - Page 4

Pitch report: This is a new pitch and hasn't been used before in the tournament. There's an even covering of grass and looks a belter. 180 should be a minimum score on this wicket, reckons Sanjay Manjrekar.

India has been in a pretty poor rhythm lately and lost consecutive games in the Super 4 stage. Their failure to capitalize on the start, coupled with their poor bowling have been the major reasons for their downfall here.

Afghanistan batted well against Sri Lanka in their first Super 4 game but failed to contain the runs. As a result, they lost the game by 4 wickets.

Afghanistan have won the toss and have opted to field

Mohammad Nabi: We will bowl first. We left the game immediately and went to the hotel last night. Took a few sleeping pills, it was a tough night. We have played well in the tournament, we could have won the last two games.

Right then, it's toss time. Looks like KL Rahul is going to lead the team, rest for Rohit Sharma..

Afghanistan have won the toss and have opted to field

Mohammad Nabi: We will bowl first. We left the game immediately and went to the hotel last night. Took a few sleeping pills, it was a tough night. We have played well in the tournament, we could have won the last two games. We will try our best to play some good cricket.

Looks like KL Rahul is going to lead the team, rest for Rohit Sharma..

This is stupidity by the way.

KL Rahul: We wanted to bat first. We want to challenge ourselves as a batting unit. Rohit wants to take a break, playing is not easy in these conditions. Yuzi, Rohit and Hardik miss out. Even coming into this tournament, we had the T20 World Cup in mind. It's a good learning for us to play such a tournament before the World Cup.

KL Rahul: We wanted to bat first. We want to challenge ourselves as a batting unit. Rohit wants to take a break, playing back-to-back is not easy in these conditions. Yuzi (Chahal), Rohit and Hardik miss out. Chahar, Karthik and Axar come in. Even coming into this tournament, we had the T20 WC in mind. It's a good learning for us to play such a tournament before the World Cup. We have learnt a few things from the losses. Trying to finalise the roles that each individual will play in the World Cup.

M glad DK, Chahar and Axar got chance🥳

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi