India is all set to take their next challenge against Afghanistan in the ICC World Cup 2023. Afghanistan after facing a defeat against Bangladesh in their campaign's first match will look to register their first win. India will look to maintain the streak of winning in the tournament. Rohit Sharma will be captaining team India and Afghanistan will play their second game under Hashmatullah Shahidi's captaincy. The clash between the two teams will be played in Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq

India might play the same playing XI from the previous match. India's right-handed opening batsman Shubman Gill is likely to miss the second match of the tournament for India. Shubman Gill didn't catch the flight to Delhi and is down due to dengue

Both the teams have faced three times in ODI format. India registered the two wins against Afghanistan and third match ended in a tie. Afghanistan will look towards registering their first win in ODI against India. Both the teams have faced each other in T20 format than ODI 

The battle between Virat Kohli and Naveen Ul Haq will be eyed by many during the clash as both of them had a huge fight during the IPL season. Kohli's aggression vs Naveen's smartness will be witnessed in India-Afghanistan's match

Battle between Virat Kohli and Rashid Khan: Virat Kohli has scored 16 runs against Rashid Khan till now and has not been dismissed even once. Rashid Khan holds the fourth position in the ICC Men's ODI bowling rankings and is on the 1st rank in T20Is