🏏1st T20I, Afghanistan vs India in 2026: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delh🏏- Page 4

India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy

"We'll bowl first," says Shreyas. "We've played quite a lot of matches here and looking at the conditions, we can bowl first. We had lots of positives from the Zimbabwe series and that's the attitude we'll carry. [Bumrah available] It's a luxury to have him in the squad - he carries lot of great attitude when it comes to winning matches. Vaibhav is not playing, neither are Washington and two more." Sanju and Abhishek to open.

Zadran says Afghanistan would've preferred bowling first too. "We are trying to enjoy ourselves, big moment for us to host India. We have great support over here, requesting them to support."

Stat - 10th toss won by Shreyas Iyer in the 11 T20 Internationals in charge

Ek toss jeet ta hi nhi aur dusra

Originally posted by: Prizi

Stat - 10th toss won by Shreyas Iyer in the 11 T20 Internationals in charge

Ek toss jeet ta hi nhi aur dusra

Shreyas and toss match made in heaven

Baz out

0.15w

Bumrah to Gurbaz, 5 wide

uh-oh. That's five free runs for Afghanistan! Full and wide down the leg side. Samson had no chance

0.2W

Bumrah to Gurbaz, OUT

Bumrah asks first slip if that's taken - and first slip says yes! Back of a length ball angling into the batter. He tries to fend near his face but the searing bounce forces an edge. Almost like he guided to first slip.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz c Abhishek Sharma b Bumrah 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Sharath Anbukumar: What a refreshing sight! The Indian team has a great mix of young talent and experienced campaigners. A special appreciation to Afghanistan for hosting India in India. It is a thoughtful gesture that deserves recognition and respect. The hospitality and sporting spirit shown.

11 extras in 3 overs! The highest scorer so far. Chalo there is no home ground advantage for Afghanistan, at least they have extras advantage.

350th wicket in T20s

for Bumrah, the third Indian bowler to the milestone after Chahal &

Bhuvneshwar