India’s choc-a-block cricketing calendar will continue as they host Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series in January 2024. This will be the first time that India will feature in a multi-game bilateral series against Afghanistan in any format, having earlier hosted them in a Test match.
The two will clash in these three matches in January immediately after India’s return from their tour of South Africa, which ends on January 7. In this piece, get all the information about this India vs Afghanistan T20I series 2023-24 including schedule, squads, ticketing options and other things.
India vs Afghanistan Predictions & Tips
2nd T20I, January 14, 2024 Tips
- India to win: 1/7
How to buy tickets for the India vs Afghanistan 2024 T20Is?
More information on how these tickets will be available will be released closer to the start of this series. In all probability, these tickets will be released on websites like PayTM or BookMyShow.com.
India vs Afghanistan 2024 Schedule & TimeTable
India and Afghanistan will clash in a three-match T20I series between January 11 and 17, 2024. These matches will be played in Mohali, Indore and Bengaluru.
- Jan 11: 1st T20I at PCA Stadium, Mohali
- Jan 14: 2nd T20I at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
- Jan 17: 3rd T20I at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Afghanistan Tour India 2024 Team Squads
More information on the two squads for three T20Is between India and Afghanistan will be revealed later but there is a possibility that while Afghanistan can be expected to go into the matches at full strength, India will rest some of their top players.
These include the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, all of whom could be involved in India’s tour of South Africa just days before the start of this series.
Below are the two squads for the India v Afghanistan T20I series in 2024.
Afghanistan’s squad for the T20I series: Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Azmaullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem, Qais Ahmad, Gulbadin Naib and Rashid Khan
India’s squad for the T20I series: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
How to Watch Afghanistan’s Tour of India 2023-24?
Indian viewers can watch the live-streaming India vs Afghanistan T20I series on Jio Cinema while the Sport18 network will carry the series live on television. More information on how to watch this series in Afghanistan and other parts of the world will be revealed soon.
Match by Match India v Afghanistan Predictions & Tips
We will update these match-by-match predictions and tips for the India v Afghanistan series closer to the date.
What happened in the previous India v Afghanistan T20Is?
India and Afghanistan have faced off five times before this with India leading 4-0 in this format.
Three of these matches have come at the T20 World Cup – in 2010, 2012 and 2021 – while the fourth match came in the Asia Cup last year.