Suthar received his Test cap from Kuldeep Yadav and with that, he became the first specialist spinner to debut for India in Test since Axar Patel’s debut in 2021.
Suthar received his Test cap from Kuldeep Yadav and with that, he became the first specialist spinner to debut for India in Test since Axar Patel’s debut in 2021.
With over 450 runs scored in more than 40 overs at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India defeated Afghanistan in the second super over in an high-octane thriller.
However, R Ashwin wasn’t part of the Afghanistan series; the Indian all-rounder will feature in the England Test series.
The 20-over action got stretched to two Super Overs, where India defeated their Afghan counterparts by 10 runs.
India will host Afghanistan in the third and final T20I at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday, 17th January.
India will host Afghanistan for the final fixture of the series on January 17 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The hosts registered 6-wicket wins over their counterparts in the first two encounters.
Men in Blue will now take on the Afghanistan side in the final T20I, set to be played on Wednesday, 17th January at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
After an enthralling and action-packed encounter on January 11, Thursday, India and Afghanistan will lock horns in the second T20I on January 14, Sunday.
In the first T20I match against Afghanistan, Dube played a crucial knock of 60* runs off 40 deliveries.
Sharma departed for a silver duck after his partner Shubman Gill was stranded at the same end as his.
India’s head coach Rahul Dravid addressed the media and said that Indian skipper Rohit Sharma would open the game with youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal.
India will lock horns with Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series from January 11, Thursday.
While it will be the first ever white-ball series between India and Afghanistan, it will also be India’s last T20I series ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024.
This will also be India’s last T20I assignment before the T20 World Cup 2024, slated to be played in June.
Notably, the three-match T20I series will see the return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma after they last played at the 2022 T20 World Cup.
In Rashid’s absence, the spin department will be headed by Noor Ahmad and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Virat Kohli has been phenomenal as opener in his last two T20I games.
Chahar was a part of India’s 5-match T20I series squad against Australia, where he scalped two wickets in the game he played.
It will be India’s final T20I assignment before the 2024 T20 World Cup, which is slated to begin on 1 June in the USA and West Indies.
It is to be noted that the upcoming series will mark the first of the multi-match white-ball series.