T20 World Cup Super Eight: India opt to bat against Afghanistan

Bridgetown (Barbados): Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against Afghanistan in their opening Super Eight match of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday.

India made a lone change with left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav replacing Mohammed Siraj.

India are unbeaten so far in the tournament and finished on top of Group in A in the first round. The Afghans finished second in Group C.

Apart from India and Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh are the other teams in Group 1. The top-two sides will progress to the semifinals. 

The teams: India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (capt), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.