India will take on Afghanistan in the 44th match of the ongoing T20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday. India has been clinical with the ball but they are yet to find their Midas touch with the bat and they will look to be at their best in the Super 8 stage.
Afghanistan registered three comprehensive wins but suffered a huge loss of 104 runs against the West Indies in the last game, which would have given a blow to their confidence.
Meanwhile, the Barbados pitch is expected to be flat and thus one can expect a high-scoring game.
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Suryakumar Yadav needs five fours to complete 200 boundaries in T20Is.
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya needs three fours to complete 100 boundaries in T20I format.
Ravindra Jadeja needs 20 runs to complete 500 runs in the shortest format.
Yuzvendra Chahal needs four wickets to complete 100 wickets in T20Is. He will become the first Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in the T20I version.
Rishabh Pant needs fours fours to complete 100 boundaries in T20I format.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma needs six sixes to complete 200 maximums in T20Is.
Najibullah Zadran needs five sixes to complete 100 maximums in T20Is.
Afghanistan’s veteran Mohammad Nabi needs seven fours to complete 150 boundaries in T20I format. Furthermore, he needs another five wickets to complete 100 scalps.
Rashid Khan needs 71 runs to complete 500 runs in T20Is. The Afghan captain also needs six wickets to reach 150 scalps in the T20I format.
Gulbadin Naib requires seven sixes to complete 50 maximums in his T20I career.
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.
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