World Cup 2023: India Vs Afghanistan: Will India will take the 2nd lead?

Mitchell Starc, Lockie Ferguson, Jofra Archer, and Jasprit Bumrah also featured in the top five wicket takers in the tournament.

The encounter between India and Australia will undoubtedly set the tone for the Indian team’s World Cup campaign in 2023. India won the match by six wickets on October 8 in Chennai.

Virat Kohli and K.L. Rahul emerged as guiding lights. The two guided the squad to a resounding victory after taking a big hit that knocked out three players before the scoreboard had reached ten runs.

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India has a strong advantage in the IND versus AFG ODI Head To Head confrontations, having won twice against Afghanistan with one match resulting in a stalemate. The two teams have played more T20s than ODIs.

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The two teams have only met once in ODI World Cup history, with India edging out Pakistan by 11 runs while defending a total of 224/8 at the Rose Bowl in Southampton during the 2019 World Cup. India and Afghanistan have never played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, however, the Men in Blue have played there 23 times, winning 13 and losing nine times.

Stats For IND vs AFG For AFG vs IND
Highest Total 252/8 252 All Out
Lowest Total 224/8 159 All Out
Wins Batting 1st 1 0
Wins Chasing 1 0

IND and AFG World Cup 2023 Squads

India Squad For World Cup 2023: India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav

Afghanistan Squad For World Cup 2023: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq

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Rohit Sharma stated on Sunday that the toughest challenge for his squad will be to play in diverse conditions throughout the World Cup, and the Indian skipper would not rule out changing team combinations to meet the demands of a given site. Examine New Zealand vs. Netherlands. Playing 11, coin toss, and match updates are available here.

However, Rohit breathed a sigh of relief after India rallied from a precarious 2/3 to defeat Australia by six wickets and kick up their campaign in the final on a high tone.

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