Team India has suffered a big blow before the second T20 against Afghanistan. Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty has been ruled out of the entire series due to side strain. Varun made a comeback for the Indian team on Sunday (September 13) after recovering from a hamstring injury. He took 1 wicket for 16 runs in 4 overs in the first T20 match of the series.
Varun looked in his previous form but after playing one match he got injured again. Now he will have to turn to the Center of Excellence (CoE) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) located in Bengaluru. BCCI has not announced his replacement. In such a situation, let us understand with which combination Team India will field in the absence of Varun.
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Will Team India go with Washington Sundar?
Off-spin all-rounder Washington Sundar is also returning from injury. He did not get a place in the playing XI in the first T20 match against Afghanistan. Team India's bowling may become a little weak if Washington is played. In the first T20 match, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shivam Dubey could not play the role of the fifth bowler well. Reddy had conceded 30 runs in 2 overs, while Shivam Dubey, who came to bowl the last over, had conceded 21 runs. Therefore, there is little hope that head coach Gautam Gambhir would want to go with another all-rounder.
Ravi Bishnoi included in the squad can be a better option. He was selected in place of Varun for the T20 series against Zimbabwe. Bishnoi played all three T20 matches on the Zimbabwe tour, in which he took 3 wickets at an economy of 5.66. Bishnoi has also been named in India's Asian Games team. Considering Varun's series of injuries, it is necessary to give him match time.
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India's probable playing XI for the second T20 against Afghanistan: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson/Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.