A win might be great… is how Jonathan Trott started off his press conference on Tuesday (January 16) in Bengaluru. His team has already lost the collection however there may be loads to play for, insisted the previous England batter. His words need to be respected as gospel reality in the confines of the Afghanistan dressing room as he led them to a particularly fantastic ODI world Cup campaign only some months in the past.

For Afghanistan to repeat that in the T20 model in June, the head coach already knows what they need to pleasant song collectively. And the Bengaluru game ought to but be used as a start line before they play Sri Lanka in February and eire in March.

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For India, this is the remaining T20I before the arena Cup however that’s barely considerable for what is to follow between now and the marquee occasion in June. four days after the 0.33 T20I, almost 1/2 of this squad could be in Hyderabad for the start of a five-check collection against England so that it will go on till the second week of March. the next huge indicator for the sector Cup choice can be the two months that observe with the IPL.

Among Rohit Sharma getting his first runs of the collection, Virat Kohli displaying reason and Arshdeep Singh trying out a brand new leg-cutter to the left-handers, Wednesday’s sport for India may want to thus boil down to individual context rather than the collective.

When: India vs Afghanistan, 3rd T20I, January 17, 2024, 07:00 PM IST

Where: M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru

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Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma/Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel/Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar/Avesh Khan

Afghanistan: Mujeeb Ur Rahman made a good start to the series in Mohali but was taken for a lot of runs in Indore. Afghanistan have the impressive leggie Qais Ahmad on the bench, but the presence of three big-hitting left-handers (Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube and Rinku Singh) in India’s top-six could discourage them from bringing him in.

Probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran (c), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

What to expect: Lot of runs? This comes with ‘?’ due to the fact the final T20I at this venue in December threw a curveball toward India and Australia with a tacky floor. With enough time gone because the ODI world Cup and that fixture, fresh conditions on offer could revert to kind.

India: With the collection wrapped up already, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav and Avesh Khan could be in for an possibility. Kuldeep and Avesh spent a whole lot of time bowling in the nets on the eve of the fixture.

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Did you know

since 2017, pacers have picked 32 wickets and spinners 15. The closing fixture here but saw Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi dictate phrases as India efficiently defended a hundred and sixty.

considering the fact that 2022, Virat Kohli has scored 781 runs in 20 T20I innings at a strike price of 138.23. throughout this period, Kohli hit his fairly-anticipated 71st global century – towards Afghanistan within the Asia Cup.

In the equal duration, Rahmanullah Gurbaz has 653 runs in 28 innings at a strike fee of 136.89. He too has a century to his name.

What they said

I suppose we’ve performed some exact cricket in elements. however there is also instances in which we possibly have not been as top as we assume from ourselves. we’re hoping to get toward properly forty overs from ourselves the following day and be able to placed a few strain on the Indian side, especially in the middle overs with the ball. it is something we’ve got got to get higher at if we need to compete within the international Cup. – Afghanistan head instruct. – Jonathan Trott.

As bowlers we feel we’ve nothing to lose here [Chinnaswamy stadium]. The batters are underneath pressure to score an increasing number of boundaries. that’s where as a bowler you’re in the game and you could get greater wickets as properly. – Arshdeep Singh.

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