ICC World Cup 2023, Match 9: India vs Afghanistan

India and Afghanistan will lock horns in the ninth match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on October 11, 2023.

India are the clear favorites for this match, having won their opening match against Australia convincingly. Afghanistan, on the other hand, lost their opening match to Bangladesh, but they will be looking to put up a better performance against India.

India have a very strong batting lineup, with Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli. They also have a deep and well-balanced bowling attack, led by Jasprit Bumrah.

Afghanistan are a young and talented team, but they lack experience at the top level. They have a few world-class players, such as Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi, but they need their other players to step up if they want to challenge the top teams in the world.

Squads

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur.

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.