India vs Afghanistan 3rd ODI Today Match Playing 11, Full Squad: Rohit Sharma will likely continue at the top of the order in the dead rubber 3rd ODI against Afghanistan on Saturday. India have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and Rohit will likely look to finish on a high. In the first match, the former India captain scored 16 off 16 which was a 25-over affair due to rain while in the second game, he just missed out on his 50 by 2 runs.
Also, with Harshit Rana back in the setup, the pacer is expected to get a look in vs Afghanistan in this ODI while India might opt to rest and give Ishan Kishan a run with the wicketkeeper’s gloves. Also, allrounder Nitish Reddy is fit and available and will get a match, assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate had revealed on Friday.
For Afghanistan, and Azmatullah Omarzai had missed the second ODI and if they have recovered, will likely slot in seamlessly in the XI. If so, Bilal Sami and Darwish Rasooli are likely to give way.
India: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), , Nitish Reddy, , Harsh Dubey, Harshit Rana, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Darwish Rasooli, , Nangeyalia Kharoti, AM Ghazanfar, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Bilal Sami.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Gurnoor Brar, , , Prince Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Harsh Dubey
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Darwish Rasooli, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Nangeyalia Kharoti, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Bilal Sami, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi
