Why is Varun Chakaravarthy not playing against Afghanistan in 2nd T20I?

Varun Chakraborty (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and opted to field against Afghanistan in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. India won the opening T20I by seven wickets and currently lead the three-match series 1-0.India made one change to their playing XI with Bishnoi replacing Chakaravarthy.Speaking on the toss, Iyer said: “We’re going to bowl first. You have a good idea of ​​how the wicket is playing and that gives the bowlers an idea, a bit of an edge. It wasn’t a comprehensive one as we could have won by a big margin. As a bowling unit we could have picked wickets in the middle. Varun is injured and Ravi Bishnoi is coming in.”Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was not included while Sanju Samson retained his place in the team.

Why is Varun not playing Chakaravarthy?

Chakaravarthy is not playing the second T20I after suffering a side strain during the opening match.“Varun Chakaravarthy experienced sudden discomfort in the left side of his abdomen while bowling his third over in the first T20I. Scans revealed a side strain and he was subsequently ruled out of the remaining two T20Is. Bishnoi replaces the injured Varun,” BCCI said in a statement.

Afghanistan unchanged

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran said his team would also prefer to bowl first.“We would also bowl first. We want to play positive cricket, we didn’t start well that day but we covered in the middle. We will try to improve tonight. We are playing with the same eleven.”Afghanistan made no changes to their playing XI.Playing XIAfghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Sediqullah Atal, Gulbadin Naib, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq FarooqiIndia: Sanju Samson (f), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravi Bishnoi.