Why is Varun Chakaravarthy not playing against Afghanistan in 2nd T20I?
Indian cricketer Varun Chakaravarthy has been ruled out of the remaining T20I matches against Afghanistan due to a side strain. Ravi Bishnoi has been named as his replacement for the second match in Delhi.
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NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer 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 at the toss, Iyer said: "We are going to bowl first. You have a fair idea of how the wicket plays, and it gives the bowlers an idea, a little bit of an advantage. It wasn't comprehensive because we could have won by a huge margin. As a bowling unit, we could have picked wickets in the middle.
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