IND vs AFG: The Afghanistan cricket team has made its place in the Super 8 by performing brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024. Afghanistan will play its first match against India on June 20. The match will be played in Barbados. The Afghan team would like to start its campaign by performing brilliantly in the match against India. In such a situation, captain Rashid Khan would like to try his hand against India in the field with these 11 players.

IND vs AFG: This could be the opening pair

• Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are expected to get a chance as openers against India. Gurbaz has shown good intent in the World Cup so far, while Ibrahim scored 38 runs in 28 balls against West Indies in the last match.
• Gurbaz has scored two half-centuries so far. He played an innings of 76 runs against Uganda, while he also scored 80 runs against New Zealand.

These batsmen got a chance in the middle order

• Gulbadin Naib can take charge at number 3 in the middle order. Naib makes the job of Afghan easy with his fast batting. Azmatullah Umarzai at number 4 will try to take the innings forward.
• In the last match, he scored 23 runs in 19 balls. Apart from this, in the lower middle order, apart from Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Jannat, Rashid Khan himself can play the role of finisher batsman.
• Rashid had scored 18 runs in 11 balls in the last match, while Karim Jannat contributed 14 runs in 9 balls.

IND vs AFG: The bowling department could be like this

• The responsibility of fast bowling will be on the shoulders of Fazalhaq Farooqui, Azmatullah Umarzai, Naveen Ul Haq and Gulbadin Naib. These bowlers are consistently performing well for Afghanistan.
• Farooqui has taken 12 wickets in the 4 matches played so far, while Naveen Ul Haq has also taken 5 wickets in 4 matches.
• Gulbadin Naib took 2 wickets in the last match. The responsibility of the spin bowling department will be on the shoulders of Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed and Mohammad Nabi. Rashid has taken 6 wickets in the tournament so far.

Afghanistan's probable playing XI against India

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.