Ravi Bishnoi replaces injured Varun Chakaravarthy as India bowl first in second Afghanistan T20I

India won the toss and elected to bowl first against Afghanistan in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Ravi Bishnoi replaced the injured Varun Chakaravarthy in the only change to India's playing XI.

Shreyas Iyer said the decision to bowl first was based on the expectation that the wicket would offer early assistance to the bowlers. He admitted India could have won the first match more convincingly and noted that the bowling unit could have taken more wickets in the middle overs.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran said his side would also have preferred to bowl first. Afghanistan named an unchanged XI from the opening match. India have already taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.