quit Afghanistan bowl against India
Shreyas Iyer lost the toss for a change but still got what he wanted. Having won the series, India wanted to test themselves by batting first, which is what Afghanistan offered them as they need to be chased in night games, especially in Delhi.
India have resisted making wholesale changes to their line-up, sticking to their starting combination as well as continuing to play Jasprit Bumrah, who has just returned from injury and would like more playing time. Although Vaibhav Suryavanshi did not get a game in the series, India did make one change by bringing in Yash Thakur in place of Arshdeep Singh.
It also meant that India continued to play with three spin bowlers and three all-rounders, giving them batting options at number eight. Axar Patel is in good form and completed his quota in both the matches.
Afghanistan made two changes to their side but Naveen-ul-Haq was still not fully ready. However, they provided Noor Ahmad with a super fast bowler. Abdollah Ahmadzai made his way into the XI to join Fazalhaq Farooqi, who was barely used in the second T20I.
More significant was the loss of Gulbadin Naib, who failed to make any impression in this series. This gave 25-year-old goalkeeper-batter Noor ul Rahman the opportunity to make his international debut.
India 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Axar Patel, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Yash Thakur, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran (captain), 3 Sedikullah Atal, 4 Noor Ul Rahman, 5 Darwish Rasouli, 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Fazalhaq Farooqi, 11 Abdollah Omarzai
