The Indian cricket team will look to revive their campaign against a buoyant Afghanistan side when they play in an ICC men’s T20 World Cup Super 12 group 2 match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on November 3. This is a crucial match for India if they want to keep their slim chances of making it to the semis alive.

For India, Ishan Kishan made way for Suryakumar Yadav, who was declared fit by Virat Kohli during the toss. And due to a niggle, Ravichandran Ashwin replaced Varun Chakravarthy in the playing XI.

Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and invited India to bat. It was an important toss to win due to the dew factor.

“Will bowl first. Last game there was a lot of dew in the second half. Mujeeb isn’t playing. We always prepare for both, but today we’ll bowl first because of dew. We’ll play normal cricket and go and enjoy,” Afghanistan captain Nabi said.

“Firstly, there’s no denying the fact that the situation is a tricky one. Having said that there’s still a chance. We as a team will look at the chance and try to play positive cricket. We know we haven’t played up to potential whatever the reasons might be – need to brush that aside. Would have bowled first. But it’s not a bad thing against a side like Afghanistan who looks to put up runs on the board,” the Indian captain said during the toss.

“A couple of changes – Surya is back as he’s fit. Ashwin replaces Varun who has a bit of a niggle,” Kohli added.

Playing XI (from)

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad(w), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Hamid Hassan

India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah