IND vs AFG 3rd T20 Toss Live: Afghanistan Opts to Field

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan skipper Ibrahim Zadran won the toss and elected to field first against India in the third T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Ibrahim Zadran cited the potential evening dew and Delhi's historically reliable chasing ground as the decisive factors for inserting the hosts.

Having already secured an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match bilateral segment following successive seven-wicket triumphs, Shreyas Iyer’s high-flying Indian outfit will bat first for the first time in this series. The Indian management is utilizing this dead-rubber finale to test their defensive batting credentials and assess middle-order flexibility ahead of upcoming global assignments. 

Conversely, Afghanistan brings in strategic bowling variations, counting on experienced spearheads Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqi to extract early movement under the lights.

For the Men in Blue, flamboyant openers Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson will look to exploit the batting-friendly powerplay restrictions. With the series already in the bag, India targets a clean sweep, while a desperate Afghanistan side remains hungry to salvage pride and register their first-ever international T20 victory over the hosts.

India Playing XI 

Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Thakur

Afghanistan Playing XI

Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Abdollah Ahmadzai, Darwish Rasooli, Noor ul Rahman, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi