India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat/bowl in the second T20I against Afghanistan, which is taking place at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Team India are currently leading 1-0 as they won the series opener by seven wickets; the side will now look to win the second clash as well to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Team India are featuring with one change as Ravi Bishnoi replaced Varun Chakravarthy, who got injured in the series opener.
On the other hand, Afghanistan are very unpredictable, and they are known for their iconic comebacks, so they will also be hoping that they will stay in the series by winning the second clash. They are featuring without any change.
Captains at toss
Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan captain): We would have bowled first as well. We want to play positive cricket, we didn't get a good start that day, but we covered in the middle. We will try to do better tonight. We are playing the same XI.
Shreyas Iyer (India captain): We are going to bowl first. You have a fair idea of how the wicket plays, and it gives the bowlers an idea, a little bit of an advantage. It wasn't comprehensive because we could have won by a huge margin. As a bowling unit, we could have picked up wickets in the middle. Varun is injured, and Ravi Bishnoi comes in.
India vs Afghanistan playing XIs
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran(c), Sediqullah Atal, Gulbadin Naib, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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, Ravi Bishnoi