Afghanistan have won the toss and will bowl first! in their irrelevant game of the Asia Cup 2022 to be played in Dubai on Thursday, Sept 8, 2022. Match star time is 7:30 IST.
Afghanistan Captain Mohammed Nabi: “Left the ground straight after the team talk, had a green tea and then took some sleeping pills! [laughs] All round the boys have played really well. We’ll try our best to play good cricket against a big team in world cricket. Hopefully it’ll be another good performance.”
Indian Captain KL Rahul: “We wanted to bat first, challenge ourselves again and put up a target. Rohit just wants to take a break considering the tough conditions here, and the World Cup ahead. We’re trying to finalise the roles that each individual will play in the world cup. Obviously losing is not great but we will grow stronger.”
Sanjay Manjrekar with the pitch report:
“Brand new surface, no match has been played on it. It’s a massive boundary to one side, but really short on the other. Keeping a left hand/right hand combination could be crucial. It’s a pitch that you would describe as a belter, 180 would be par. Win the toss and bowl first.”
Afghanistan have won the toss and elect to bowl first against #TeamIndia
KL Rahul to Captain the team in the absence of Rohit Sharma.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) September 8, 2022
Lots of people would have thought of this match as Inconsequential but not one would have thought of both these teams out of the tournament.
