IND vs AFG 3rd ODI: Afghanistan opts to bat in final ODI

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Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah tally  betwixt  the wickets during the 3rd ODI cricket lucifer  betwixt  India and Afghanistan, successful  Chennai, Tamil Nadu, connected  June 20, 2026

Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah tally betwixt the wickets during the 3rd ODI cricket lucifer betwixt India and Afghanistan, successful Chennai, Tamil Nadu, connected June 20, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI

Afghanistan won the flip and decided to bat against India successful the third and last ODI connected Saturday (June 20, 2026).

India has already clinched the bid 2-0 aft a 170-run triumph successful the 2nd lucifer astatine Lucknow and a seven-wicket triumph successful the rain-shortened archetypal lucifer astatine Dharamshala.

Afghanistan made 4 changes — seasoned rotation all-rounder Mohammad Nabi was backmost into the playing broadside with batting all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai. Pacers Zia ur Rahman Sharifi and Fareed Ahmad Mallik were besides included.

India made 3 changes — Nitish Reddy is acceptable again, portion pacer Prasidh Krishna and left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey were besides included.

It was the archetypal ODI successful Chennai since the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The transportation astatine MA Chidambaram Stadium should assistance batters connected some sides with different high-scoring crippled anticipated.

Lineups

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harsh Dubey, Gurnoor Brar, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav

Published - June 20, 2026 02:20 p.m. IST

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