Cricket World Cup IND vs AFG Playing 11, toss result and streaming details

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, India vs Afghanistan Playing 11: As expected, India have made one change in their Playing 11, bringing in Shardul Thakur in place of R Ashwin.

1:38 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan | AFG Playing 11

Afghanistan Playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

1:37 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan | India Playing 11

India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

Indian cricket team in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Photo: PTI

1:36 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | Afghans unchanged

Afghanistan have made no changes in their Playing 11.

1:35 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | One change in India's XI

R Ashwin paves way for Shardul Thakur.

1:33 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | India bowling first

Rohit Sharma flips the coin and Shahidi wins the toss and elects to bat first against India.

1:31 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | Toss time

Toss is moments away.

1:30 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | Shardul playing today?

According to a cricbuzz update, Shardul Thakur is marking his runup.

Shardul Thakur

  

1:28 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | Pitch report

During the pitch report, Sanjay Manjarekar reckons that India could breach the record highest score at the World Cup that was created by South Africa few days ago. It is going to be a absolute belter, reckons Gautam Gambhir. 

  

1:22 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | Kohli's pep talk

With just 10 minutes to go for IND vs AFG toss, former India captain Virat Kohli is giving pep talk to team members in huddle. 

1:20 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | India team news

Navigating their way through some extreme pressure moments in their tournament opener, India will be eyeing a near perfect game against a sprightly Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup here on Wednesday.

 

As pointed out by skipper Rohit Sharma, India's biggest challenge over the course of the league stage will be to quickly adapt to the conditions in nine different venues.

 

After a slow and spinning track at Chepauk, a belter of a surface is expected at the Feroz Shah Kotla, where more than 700 runs were plundered in a high-scoring affair between South Africa and Sri Lanka last week.

 

With Shubman Gill ruled out of the game due to dengue, Ishan Kishan will get another opportunity at the top of the order alongside Rohit.

 

Kishan and Shreyas Iyer's questionable shot selection against Australia contributed to India's disastrous start and they both would be wiser going into the Afghanistan game.

 

If Gill is not able to regain full fitness by the Pakistan game three days later, runs on Wednesday will do Kishan a lot of good in his debut ODI World Cup campaign.
 

1:10 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | Shubman Gill health latest update

There is a update on Shubman Gill. He has not recovered yet but he traveling to Ahmedabad today. Gill will complete his recovery in Ahmedabad, ahead of India vs Pakistan clash, under the supervision of BCCI medical team.

12:56 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | AFG Predicted XI

Afghanistan (probable): 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Mohammad Nabi, 6 Najibullah Zadran, 7 Azmatullah Omarzai, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Naveen-ul-Haq, 10 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi

12:54 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates | India Predicted XI

According to one school of thought, India could opt to go with Suryakumar Yadav in order to tackle spin in middle overs. But this theory might be supported to Team India's think tank, given Rathour said in the pre-match press conference that India would give as many chances to a player before switching to other players. 

India (probable): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer/Suryakumar Yadav, 5 KL Rahul (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj.

Suryakumar Yadav

12:34 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates

With 90 minutes to go for the match, India and Afghanistan teams have arrived at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The Delhi weather is perfect for a game of cricket. The sun is shining brightly but the temperatures will come down with the onset of evening. 

12:27 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | Afghans big concern ahead of IND clash

Ahead of the clash against home favourites India, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has said they cannot expect their spinners to save the team from trouble all the time.

 

Afghanistan will be looking for their first points in the tournament after suffering a defeat against Bangladesh in their opening match of the World Cup. India started their campaign with a 6-wicket triumph against Australia.

 

In their first WC encounter, Afghanistan batters failed to deliver as they were bowled out for just 156 runs in Dharamsala.

 

The captain said the batters needed to overcome the pressure and post a strong score for the bowlers to defend.

 

"I made a statement at the beginning that we will play good cricket as a batting side. We have a good spin bowling attack, but only one department can't win you games. You have to score runs for that, to win the game," Shahidi said during a pre-match press conference.

 

"As a team, we have that belief that we can come back in the next game and throughout the tournament, so the belief is there and the talent is there and we will try to move on and make it better and improve in tomorrow's game," he added.

Afghanistan cricket team. Photo: PTI

12:19 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | Anjum Chopra on big 1st innings totals

Anjum Chopra puts emphasis on first innings big totals in the ICC Cricket World Cup, says India should post in excess of 400 runs against Afghanistan.

"India can definitely post a 400+ target today. If they win the toss, they should bat first and make optimum use of our batting lineup. They should not bother about the conditions and focus on putting runs on board. Sri Lanka, South Africa and England have all scored runs and it is important for us to score as well."

Virat Kohli. Photo: PTI

11:53 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | Aakash Chopra wants Shami in today's India XI

While speaking at Jio Cinemas sports show 'AakashVani', Aakash Chopra explains why India should go with two spinners only.

“I think Mohammed Shami should play instead of Ravichandran Ashwin. But for that, India should leave its obsession for the No. 8 batter as because of that, if the team needs a third pacer, they go with Shardul Thakur and for the third spinner, they choose Ashwin. I believe against Afghanistan, on a flat pitch, you should go with three fast bowlers where Shami is the third pacer and go with two other proper spinners.”

 

India cricket team. Photo: PTI

11:39 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | IND vs AFG head-to-head

India have faced Afghanistan on only three occasions in 50-over cricket. India emerged victorious in two while one match ended in a tie (Asia Cup 2018).

Total matches played: 3

India won: 2

Afghanistan won: 0

Tied: 1

11:20 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | PLaying XI prediction

India probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Afghanistan probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer

11:10 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | RELIVE - IND vs AFG match in 2019 CWC

Afghanistan gave India a scare when the two teams lock horns in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. And it came down to Mohammed Shami's hattrick as India escaped with the victory.

WATCH India vs Afghanistan highlights in CWC 2019

10:34 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | AFG team's mindset ahead of IND clash

"Only one good department can't win you games": Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi ahead of India clash

Ahead of the clash against home favourites India, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has said they cannot expect their spinners to save the team from trouble all the time.

 

Afghanistan will face India in their second group-stage match of the ICC World Cup encounter on Wednesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

 

Afghanistan will be looking for their first points in the tournament after suffering a defeat against Bangladesh in their opening match of the World Cup. India started their campaign with a 6-wicket triumph against Australia.

 

In their first WC encounter, Afghanistan batters failed to deliver as they were bowled out for just 156 runs in Dharamsala.

 

The captain said the batters needed to overcome the pressure and post a strong score for the bowlers to defend.

 

"I made a statement at the beginning that we will play good cricket as a batting side. We have a good spin bowling attack, but only one department can't win you games. You have to score runs for that, to win the game," Shahidi said during a pre-match press conference.

 

"As a team, we have that belief that we can come back in the next game and throughout the tournament, so the belief is there and the talent is there and we will try to move on and make it better and improve in tomorrow's game," he added.

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi

9:51 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | Kohli returns to his home ground

What is Kohli's awkward moment at Arun Jaitley Stadium? The batter explains himself

With India set to play their second ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Afghanistan, the Virat Kohli fans will once again come in numbers to support modern-day great at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Ahead of the India vs Afghanistan match, Kohli is returning to his home ground for an ODI game after four years, and the star India batter expressed his nostalgia playing at his home ground where everything started.   

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9:46 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | India vs Afghanistan LIVE | Match starts at 2 PM IST

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of India vs Australia World Cup match. India's caravan has moved to New Delhi after winning their opening match against Australia in Chennai.

You can find all the updates till India vs Afghanistan toss at 1:30 PM IST.

Virat Kohli Stand at Arun Jaitley Stadium, formerly known as Feroz Shah Kotla.