Rohit Sharma May Adjust India’s XI Despite Big Victory: In India’s opening Super Eight encounter against Afghanistan on Thursday, Suryakumar Yadav came up big, hitting a vital 53 to help the team rally from a rough start and win by 47 runs in Barbados. Afghanistan was bowled out for 134 on the last delivery of the game after they were unable to maintain the necessary run rate. Jasprit Bumrah was almost unplayable for the Afghan batsmen because to his outstanding ball-handling skills, as he claimed three wickets for only seven runs in his four overs.
In contrast to their group-stage encounters, the Indian squad featured three spinners, including Kuldeep Yadav, who played his debut tournament match with regulars Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja, and only two pacers, Bumrah and Arshdeep.
Afghanistan’s chase collapsed early on on a treacherous surface against Jasprit Bumrah, who removed both openers, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (11) and Hazratullah Zazai (2), for modest totals. Afghanistan was struggling at 23-3 in 4.1 overs when Axar Patel removed Ibrahim Zadran for eight in the fourth over, adding to their misery.
Some resistance was shown by Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbadin Naib, who together scored 44 runs off 38 balls for the fourth wicket. Nonetheless, India’s spinners continued to apply pressure, often taking wickets. In his three overs, Ravindra Jadeja provided figures of 1–20. India easily won as Afghanistan’s lower order collapsed, losing their final five wickets for just 32 runs in 28 deliveries.
The team won’t be afraid to make adjustments if the situation calls for it, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma emphasized, despite the convincing victory. When questioned if India had discovered the ideal lineup for the West Indies leg, Rohit emphasized that the playing lineup on Thursday was solely determined by the surface of Barbados.
“We must evaluate the situation and the competition, and we are prepared to make adjustments as needed. We’ll go with seamers the next time if it’s seamer-friendly, as I felt that three spinners were good here, Rohit remarked.
