| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Shreyas Iyer (c) | Top-order batter |
| Tilak Varma | Batting allrounder |
| Abhishek Sharma | Batting allrounder |
| Arshdeep Singh | Bowler |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler |
| Shivam Dube | Allrounder |
| Ishan Kishan † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | Batting allrounder |
| Axar Patel | Allrounder |
| Ravi Bishnoi | Bowler |
| Sanju Samson † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Top-order batter |
| Yash Thakur | Bowler |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler |
| Washington Sundar | Bowling allrounder |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIND |  | 157/3 | beat | 156/8 |  | AFGAFG | 13/09/26 | Afghanistan tour of India [Sep 2026] 2026 |
| INDIND | | 181/8 | beat | 134 | | AFGAFG | 20/06/24 | ICC Men's T20 World Cup |
| INDIND | | 212/4 | tied with | 212/6 | | AFGAFG | 17/01/24 | Afghanistan tour of India 2023/24 |
| INDIND | | 173/4 | beat | 172 | | AFGAFG | 14/01/24 | Afghanistan tour of India 2023/24 |
| INDIND | | 159/4 | beat | 158/5 | | AFGAFG | 11/01/24 | Afghanistan tour of India 2023/24 |
The board and the team management are keen to have the 41-year-old allrounder play on till the 2027 ODI World Cup
There is no reason for India to change their XI for the second game, but they do have Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on the bench
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