Afghanistan will square off against India in the first T20I against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, on Sunday. India has named a full-strength squad for the series after they were stunned by Ireland while playing away.

Sanju Samson has also returned to the squad, whereas Yash Thakur was named as Harshit Rana’s replacement on Thursday. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be the cynosure of all eyes, and there is no doubt that the Delhi crowd will turn up to watch the youngster in action. The left-hander scored 151 runs in three games against Zimbabwe and he would look to continue his rich form.

Afghanistan, on the other hand, would need to come up with a collective effort.

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Indian captain Shreyas Iyer needs 85 runs to complete 1500 runs in T20Is.

Indian opener Sanju Samson needs 68 runs to complete 1500 runs in the T20I format.

Ravi Bishnoi, if he gets his chance, will play the 50th T20I for India.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran needs five sixes to complete 50 maximums in T20Is.

Afghanistan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib needs one six to complete 50 maximums in T20Is.

Azmatullah Omarzai needs one four to complete 50 boundaries in T20I format.

Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi needs 52 runs to complete 2500 runs in T20Is.

Rashid Khan needs seven wickets to complete 200 wickets in T20Is.

India squad for Afghanistan T20Is: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Thakur.

Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Noor Rahman, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai and Naveen-ul-Haq