Rohit Sharma dismissed for a duck, India one down

IND vs AFG 1st T20I live updates The spotlight will be only on the returning Rohit Sharma as his longtime colleague Virat Kohli pulled out of the opening T20I against Afghanistan due to personal reasons ahead of the first ever whiteball series between the two teams beginning here on ThursdayKohli though will be available for the second and third T20 InternationalIndia head coach Rahul Dravid attributed Kohlis pullout to family reasons before he addressed mediaBoth the stalwarts are returning to the shortest format after 14 months and will be keenly observed in the threematch rubber which will be Indias last before the T20 World Cup in June giving the team more clarity on where it stands ahead of the ICC event in AmericasHowever the final 15 will be picked on the basis of core groups performance in the IPL which precedes the World CupIndia would be expected to win comfortably in their own conditions but Afghanistan will give them a run for their moneyHaving recently exceeded all expectations in their giantkilling run during the ODI World Cup in India Afghanistan will be high on confidence in a format that suits them the mostAlso Read Test cricket is the ultimate challenge for me RohitBarring Rashids injuryforced absence the team is at full strength after the likes Mujeeb Zadran NaveenUl Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi sorted their contractual issues with the countrys cricket boardIND vs AFG 1st T20I live updates SquadsIndia Rohit Sharma captain Shubman Gill Yashasvi Jaiswal Virat Kohli Tilak Varma Rinku Singh Jitesh Sharma wk Sanju Samson wk Shivam Dube Washington Sundar Axar Patel Ravi Bishnoi Kuldeep Yadav Arshdeep Singh Avesh Khan Mukesh KumarAghanistan Ibrahim Zadran captain Rahmanullah Gurbaz WK Ikram Alikhil WK Hazratullah Zazai Rahmat Shah Najibullah Zadran Mohammad Nabi Karim Janat Azmatullah Omarzai Sharafuddin Ashraf Mujeeb Ur Rahman Fazalhaq Farooqi Fareed Ahmad Naveen Ul Haq Noor Ahmad Mohammad Saleem Qais Ahmad Gulbadin Naib and Rashid KhanIND vs AFG 1st T20I live updates Predicted playing XIIndia Rohit Sharma C Yashasvi Jaiswal Shubman Gill Tilak Varma Rinku Singh Sanju Samson Jitesh Sharma wk Axar Patel Arshdeep Singh Avesh Khan Kuldeep YadavRavi Bishnoi Mukesh KumarAfghanistan Hazratullah Zazai Rahmanullah Gurbaz wk Ibrahim Zadran C Najibullah Zadran Mohammad Nabi Azmatullah Omarzai MujeeburRahman Sharafuddin Ashraf Qais Ahmad Noor AhmadNaveenulHaq Fazalhaq FarooqiIND vs AFG 1st T20I live updates Dream11 PredictionWicketkeeper Rahmanullah GurbazBatsmen Rohit Sharma Rinku Singh Hazratullah Zazai Yashasvi JaiswalAllrounders Mohammad Nabi Axar Patel Azmatullah OmarzaiBowlers Kuldeep Yadav Arshdeep Singh MujeeburRahmanIND vs AFG 1st T20I live updates Toss updateIndia skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first against Afghanistan in the first of three Twenty20 internationals on ThursdayIND 832 10 OversTen overs are over and India now need 73 runs in 60 balls Jitesh Sharma and Shivam Dube in the middle now for the Men in BlueIND 51 1 OverRohit Sharma dismissed for a duck India lose their first wicket as Afghanistan get the dream start Tilak Varma comes in at number 3AFG 1585 20 OversAfghanistan post runs on the board after 20 overs Najibullah in the end got some runs from the death overs he scored 19 off 11 ballsAFG 1305 18 OversAfghanistan go five down as Mohammad Nabi departs after scoring 42 off 27 balls Mukesh Kumar gets two wickets from that overAFG 1053 15 OversAfghanistan bounce back with Mohammad Nabi and Omarzai as they lauch the counter attack on Ravi Bishnoi 16 runs from the fifteenth over of IndiaAFG 653 11 OversMohammad Nabi in the middle now Omarzai and Nabi have to score some runs if they want to challenge this Indian sideAFG 210 4 OversWashington Sundar comes into the attack for India now inside the powerplay with two overs left Afghanistan openers will look to attack nowAFG 120 24 OversAfghanistan off to a steady start with Ibrahim Zadran and Gurbaz in the middle Shivam Dube drops a sitter of the opener to give him a lifeline