Pacer Prince Yadav has been handed his ODI debut cap at his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) homeground. Vice-captain Shreyas Iyer gave him the debut cap. Nitish Kumar Reddy was unavailable for selection as he is facing issues with his quadriceps.
Kuldeep Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been picked as well. Harsh Dubey and Prasidh Krishna have been benched.
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and opted to bowl first at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Shahidi made three changes to the side. Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai and Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi are not in the laying eleven. Nabi is sick whereas Omarzai got injured in the first ODI. Darwish Rasooli has been handed his ODI debut cap. Shahid also included Bilal Sami and Nangeyalia Kharoti for their must-win game.
India vs Afghanistan 2nd ODI Playing XIs -
IND Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav.
AFG Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Darwish Rasooli, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharoti, AM Ghazanfar, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Bilal Sami.
Who got benched?
In the rain-curtailed 25 overs per side game, Krishna conceded 35 runs from four overs. He remained wicketless and got benched. Left-arm spinner Dubey took three wickets but conceded 47 runs from five overs.
For Afghanistan, Sharifi got benched. He got the wicket of vice-captain Iyer but conceded 39 runs from four overs.
Debutants' List A records
Rasooli has represented Afghanistan in 28 T20Is an already has four fifties. In List A format, he has 3,022 runs from 66 innings at an average of 54.94. He has 10 centuries and 19 fifties to his name.
Prince has played 14 List A games, taking 29 wickets at an average just over 20, including a fifer.