India had drafted star batsman Virat Kohli back into the playing eleven in the second Twenty20 against Afghanistan, skipper Rohit Sharma said after he won the toss and elected to field in Indore on Sunday.
Kohli will be playing his first T20 international since November 2022 and missed the opener of the three-match series, which the hosts lead 1-0.
Fit-again Yashasvi Jaiswal also made the team as one of the two changes to the side. Shubman Gill and Tilak Varma sit out.
Afghanistan, led by Ibrahim Zadran, have made one change with teenage left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmad coming in for all-rounder Rahmat Shah.
The series is a tune-up for the T20 World Cup in June.
TeamsIndia: Rohit Sharma (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (IND), Virender Sharma (IND)
TV Umpire: Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND)
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
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