India elect to bat first against Afghanistan

India Thursday won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in their first Super Eight match of the Twenty20 World Cup in Bridgetown.

Both India and Afghanistan made one change to their squad from their last group stage matches. India opted for Kuldeep Yadav who replaced fast bowler Muhammad Siraj while Afghanistan replaced Karim Janat with Hazratullah Zazai.

Squads:

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan (capt), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh