Yashasvi Jaiswal ruled out of Mohali clash due to last minute injury

Listen to Story India opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal has been ruled out of the first T20I against Afghanistan after picking up a last minute injury. India will be taking on Afghanistan at the PCA Stadium in Mohali in the first T20I of their three match series. Speaking at the toss, India skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed that Jaiswal would not be playing the match in Mohali, despite head coach Rahul the batting for India in a pre match press conference on Wednesday, January 10.

"Winning is the most important thing. Sanju, Avesh, Jaiswal and Kuldeep are not playing," said Rohit at the toss. The BCCI later confirmed that Jaiswal had a sore right groin, due to which he was left out of India’s team in the first T20I. UPDATE: Mr Yashasvi Jaiswal was unavailable for selection for the first T20I due to a sore right groin.

— BCCI (@BCCI) India will face Afghanistan in a three match T20I series at home. India has an unblemished record against Afghanistan in the shortest format of the game, having won four of their five encounters with one ending in a no result. The match will see Rohit return to the lead the side, having last played a T20I match in 2022 T20 World Cup semi final against England.

In fact, the last time he played a white ball match was the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup against Australia. Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen Ul Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman..