The third and final T20 match between India and Afghanistan is to be played on January 17 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Talking about M Chinnaswamy Stadium, big scores are always seen here. Here the batsmen get a lot of help and the bowlers have to face a lot of problems.

If we talk about the T20 series between these two teams, in the first match India defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets and the hosts won the second by 6 wickets only. In both these matches, the players of the Indian team performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. For the Indian team, Shivam Dubey batted very well in both the matches and scored half-centuries.

The bowlers of the team have also bowled brilliantly so far. Yashasvi Jaiswal played a valuable inning of 68 runs for his team in the second match. Talking about Rohit Sharma, he has not yet opened his account in both the matches. However, in the third T20 the Indian captain will look to score big.

Talking about Afghanistan, the team is missing Rashid Khan a lot. The team’s bowlers have so far failed to leave their mark in this series. The batsmen have performed well for their team and they will have to do the same in the third T20.

M Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch report of M Chinnaswamy Stadium is that here the batsmen get a lot of help and the bowlers have to face a lot of problems. Here runs are easily scored above 170. This is because the boundary of M Chinnaswamy is very small. The weather here on the day of the match will be 28 degrees Celsius.

India vs Afghanistan, Probable Playing XI, 3rd T20

Afghanistan:

Talking about Afghanistan team, they have many good all-rounders and all of them have performed very well. There will not be much change in the team in the third T20 match.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran (captain), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb ur Rehman.

India:

The players of the Indian team have done excellent batting and bowling in this T20 series so far and the host will not want to make any changes in its playing 11 in the third T20 also.

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar.

India vs Afghanistan 3rd T20, head to head record,

So far, 6 matches have been played between these two teams in T20, out of which India has won five while one has been a no result.

India vs Afghanistan, 3rd T20, broadcast details

This match will be played on January 17 at 7:00 pm Indian time. This match will be live broadcast on Sports18 while its live streaming will be on Jio Cinema.