Team India captain Rohit Sharma did not reach Mohali with the other players. If media reports are to be believed, Rohit reached Mohali by a chartered plane. The first match of the T20 series will be played between India and Afghanistan in Mohali on Thursday. Rohit took part in training before this match. But they got here a little late. Team India head coach Rahul Dravid had said many important things about the playing eleven in the press conference. One of them was the question of opening.
In fact, Rohit could not travel from Mumbai with the rest of Team India players due to personal reasons. They arrived by charter. According to media reports, Rohit reached the field immediately after landing at the airport. He practiced batting with Team India for some time here. Due to the delay, he was unable to spend much time on the field. What is important is that not even Virat Kohli came to Mohali with Team India. Head coach Dravid said that he will not play in the first match of the series. Kohli will feature in the second and third games.
It is noteworthy that Yashasvi Jaiswal will also be in Team India's starting XI in Mohali. He will come with Rohit for the opening. Kohli doesn't play. Therefore, Shubman Gill's shot at number 3 is almost certain. Sanju Samson's place is also considered almost certain. Samson had scored a century against South Africa. He had played an innings of 108 runs. Sanju's international career was full of ups and downs. He doesn't have many options yet. Sanju has scored 374 runs in 24 T20 matches for India.