T20 World Cup: Kuldeep replaces Siraj as India elect to bat against Afghanistan in Super 8 match

NEW DELHI: Indian captain Rohit Sharma opted to bat first after winning the toss against Afghanistan in their first Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup in Barbados on Thursday.
India made one change to their playing eleven, bringing in spinner Kuldeep Yadav in place of pacer Mohammed Siraj.
Afghanistan also made one change by replacing Karim Janat with Hazratullah Zazai.
"Track looks alright, don't know how it'll play. Feel it'll get slower. Better than New York (laughs), we won there which was more important. Need to adapt now. We've been here 3-4 days and have practiced," Rohit said after winning the toss.
"We'd have batted first as well but in T20s toss doesn't matter as much as execution. Happy with how things have gone so far, especially with the batters. Need to do the right things at the right time and control emotions as we go. We've been here couple of days longer than India which should help," Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi