T20I Series 2024: India vs Afghanistan to kickoff today - Read details below

T20I Series 2024: Captain Rohit Sharma will be leading the Indian squad in the India vs Afghanistan T20I Series 2024 which is to take place from 11 to 17 January. Find details below.

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India and Afghanistan are all set to battle on the cricket field in a three match T20I series from 11 to 17 January. The match will take off this evening at 7:00 PM IST (1.30 pm GMT) at PCA IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.  

How is IND vs AFG match different?

As reported by the Indian squad released by BCCI on Sunday, renowned players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be returning to the T20 series against Afghanistan after almost 14 months. Fans are excited to tune into this match as it will be the first T20 match for both the leading cricketers post losing in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 against England. Also, it will mark India's last T20I series before the forthcoming T20 World Cup 2024. 

T20I Series 2024: Which players are not playing? 

Unfortunately, some Indian players will not be seen on the field this evening. KL Rahul will not be joining the squad. Due to injuries Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav will also not be partaking in the T20I series against Afghanistan. Afgani player Rashid Khan will be sitting out of the T20 International series against India, due to a lower-back surgery.

Indian squad for today's match

Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma/Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar.

Afghanistan squad for today's match

Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 3 Ibrahim Zadran (C), Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib/Karim Janat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Qais Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

 

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When, where and how to watch IND vs AFG T20 series 2024? 

Sports 18 HD/SD will have the live broadcast of India vs. Afghanistan in the first Twenty20 Twenty20 match. The JioCinema app will offer live streaming of the series. Viacom18 will be live streaming the T20I series exclusively on Sports18-1 SD + HD,  JioCinema, and Colors Cineplex.  JioCinema will be covering the series in various languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, along with other languages.