New Delhi. The Indian cricket team has been announced to play T20 series against Afghanistan. Till now the Indian team has not lost the T20 series from Afghanistan. Before the start of the T20 series, bad news has come for Team India. Actually, Virat Kohli will not be a part of the first T20. This was confirmed by coach Rahul Dravid.
Rahul Dravid gave information about this in a press conference. Rahul said that Virat Kohli will not play the first T20 against Afghanistan due to his personal reason.
The three -match T20 series against Afghanistan, the Indian team will play from January 11. 3 matches will be played between 11 January and 17 January. Earlier it seemed that Team India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli would appear together in T20 cricket after a long time. But this did not happen. Virat Kohli will not appear on the field during the first T20. At the same time, fans will be seen opening Rohit Sharma.
The way Virat has performed for Team India in the recent past. He has been amazing. He played the semi -final match of the World Cup against England in the last T20 year 2022. After this, he has not appeared in T20 International. It has to be seen whether they are able to make a comeback in the second T20 or not.
India’s T20 team against Afghanistan:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar