IND vs AFG: Is Dinesh Karthik Playing Today’s India vs Afghanistan match? Here’s the update
Published on: Sep 8, 2022 8:52 am IST|Updated on: Sep 8, 2022 12:44 pm IST
Dinesh Karthik IND vs AFG: Team India have faced a lot of embarrassment during the ongoing Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022. After having registered two brilliant victories in the group stage, the Rohit Sharma-led side succumbed to poor back-to-back losses at the hands of first arch-rivals Pakistan and then Sri Lanka. With these two disappointing performances, the Men in Blue, who managed to win the previous two editions of Asia Cup, have already been knocked out of the T20 tournament.
IND vs AFG: Is Dinesh Karthik Playing Today’s India vs Afghanistan match? Here’s the update
In their last match of Asia Cup 2022 campaign, India will be facing Afghanistan on 8 September, 2022 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. A lot of questions were asked to the Indian captain Rohit Sharma during the post match press conference after the loss to Sri Lanka and many of them straightway pointed towards the playing combination. India included Deepak Hooda in the playing XI during the last two matches after Ravindra Jadeja’s injury, but the former’s services with the ball were not used even when the frontline bowlers were conceding plenty of runs. Therefore, once again there is a big possibility that the experienced finisher Dinesh Karthik will return to the side in the match against Afghanistan on Thursday.
“I was thinking of bringing Hooda but it did not work out the way we thought. Avesh has not pulled up that well. He didn’t turn up well. He was quite sick. Ideally, when we start touring, we would like four seamers., But you also try with three. Come the World Cup, I want to be ready with all answers,” said Indian captain Rohit Sharma.
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India Playing 11
1. Rohit Sharma (C)
2. KL Rahul
3. Virat Kohli
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Hardik Pandya
6. Rishabh Pant (wk)
7. Deepak Hooda/Dinesh Karthik
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9. Ravi Bishnoi/Ravichandran Ashwin
10. Arshdeep Singh
11. Yuzvendra Chahal
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Asia Cup 2022 Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue | Time | Result |
| 27 August, 2022 (Saturday) | Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | Afghanistan won by 8 wickets |
| 28 August, 2022 (Sunday) | India vs Pakistan | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | India won by 5 wickets |
| 30 August, 2022 (Tuesday) | Bangladesh vs Afghanistan | Sharjah | 7:30 PM IST | Afghanistan won by 7 wickets |
| 31 August, 2022 (Wednesday) | India vs Hong Kong | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | India won by 40 runs |
| 1 September, 2022 (Thursday) | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets |
| 2 September, 2022 (Friday) | Pakistan vs Hong Kong | Sharjah | 7:30 PM IST | Pakistan won by 155 runs |
| 3 September, 2022 (Saturday) | Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan | Sharjah | 7:30 PM IST | Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets |
| 4 September, 2022 (Sunday) | India vs Pakistan | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | Pakistan won by 5 wickets |
| 6 September, 2022 (Tuesday) | India vs Sri Lanka | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets |
| 7 September, 2022 (Wednesday) | Pakistan vs Afghanistan | Sharjah | 7:30 PM IST | Pakistan won by 1 wicket |
| 8 September, 2022 (Thursday) | India vs Afghanistan | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | TBA |
| 9 September, 2022 (Friday) | Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | TBA |
| 11 September, 2022 (Sunday) | Final (Sri Lanka vs Pakistan) | Dubai | 7:30 PM IST | TBA |
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