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The Indian cricket team will be playing their first Super 8 Group 1 match in the T20 World Cup 2024 against Afghanistan at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. After making it through to the next round of the tournament with three wins in three completed matches, India will be buoyed about their chances to keep the winning run going.
The pitch and conditions for India will be a bit different in the Caribbean, compared to the USA, but they are well-equipped to take on all comers in the ongoing tournament. In this article, SportsTiger looks at India’s probable playing XI versus Afghanistan in the Super 8 Group 1 clash of the T20 World Cup 2024.
Openers: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma, the Indian captain, scored a fifty on a tricky surface at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York early in the T20 World Cup 2024, helping the team get over the line against Ireland, following which he missed on scoring a big one. Virat Kohli, one of the best batters in the world, has been in woeful form in the tournament, scoring only five runs in three innings, but the right-handed batter is expected to turn a corner like he has done many times before.
