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The Indian team will face Afghanistan in the first ODI match today. This match will be played in Dharamshala, which will start at 1 pm Indian time. In this match, all eyes will be on Rohit Sharma, but fans will not be able to see Virat Kohli from far and wide. Because Virat is out of the entire series due to hamstring injury.
Virat bats at number 3 and has scored runs at an excellent average of 123.2 in the last 7 matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal was included in the ODI squad in his place in the ODI series, but will Jaiswal get a chance to bat at the third position? Know here with which playing eleven Team India can take the field today and who can play in place of Virat.
Who will replace Virat Kohli?
The opening spot of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill is confirmed. KL Rahul has already batted in the top order, but in the absence of Hardik Pandya, Team India will need an experienced batsman in the middle order, so Rahul can continue batting at number 5. Whereas Shreyas Iyer has been handling the fourth batting order. Before the first ODI match, Indian team’s bowling coach Morne Morkel had said that there is a race for number-3 between Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul.
In such a situation, only Ishan Kishan and Yashasvi Jaiswal are left in the squad to replace Virat Kohli, who bat in the top order. In today’s match, Ishan Kishan may get a chance at number 3 instead of Jaiswal. Since Jaiswal mostly opens, Kishan has taken the responsibility of number-3 in the T20 team. Therefore, it is possible that Kishan may get a chance to bat at number three in place of Kohli.
India’s probable playing eleven for the first ODI: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harsh Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.
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