India and Afghanistan will lock horns in the 28th match of World Cup tournament on Saturday at Rose Bowl Cricket Ground. India has won all its matches played so far and is positioned at the 4th spot with 7 points while Afghanistan is sitting at the bottom of the table and is yet open its account.
India received a jolt ahead of the match as in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the World Cup 2019. Rishab Pant will replace him in the squad. India is on the stronger side and the match is expected to be one-sided. India defeated Pakistan in its last match in which Rohit Sharma scored huge 140 runs.
Afghanistan is struggling with its batting department. The team was wrapped up for 125 runs against South Africa but they fought well against England while chasing 398-run target -playing their quota of 50 overs for the first time in the tournament and scoring 247/8 runs. The game against India will be tough for them but they could draw their confidence from their last match.
India: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan
Total: 2
India: 1
Afghanistan: 0
Tie: 1
Playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (C), Vijay Shankar/ Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah.
Afghanistan: Hamid Hassan, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ali Zadran, Aftab Alam/ Mujeeb ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib (c), Hashmatullah Shahidi/ Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Ikram Ali Khil (wk), Hazratullah Zazai
Date: Saturday, 22nd June 2019
Time: 3:00 PM IST
Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Live : Star Network
Online Streaming: Hotstar