Updates: India win toss, elect to bat vs Afghanistan

June 14, 2018 09:17

India captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and elected to bat against debutants Afghanistan on a greenish wicket in Bengaluru.

India have left out Kuldeep Yadav, Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur and Navdeep Saini, says captain Rahane at the toss.

India's playing eleven will include three openers in KL Rahul, Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan and it remains to be seen who will open the innings.

The middle order is quite solid with the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik.

India have fielded just two spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, while Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav are the two frontline pacers with all-rounder Hardik Pandya for support.

Check out Afghanistan's playing XI:

Asghar Stanikzai (captain), Mohammad Shahzad, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Afsar Zazai (w/k), Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Yamin Ahmadzai, Wafadar

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