Afghanistan will battle with India in the third and final match of the three-game T20I series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday, September 17.
In the second T20I, Afghanistan posted 159/8 in 20 overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy scalped a three-fer. In response, India sealed the deal with 14.5 overs and seven wickets in hand. Sanju Samson top scored with 57 runs off 22 balls with seven fours and four sixes. With this win, India sealed the series 2-0.
AFG vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 3, Match Details
Match: Afghanistan vs India, T20I Series 2026, Match 3
Time & Date: 7:30 PM IST, Thursday, September 17
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
AFG vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Probable XIs
Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Sediqullah Atal, Gulbadin Naib, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi
India
Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
AFG vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Pitch Report
With the average first-innings score across the last two games at this venue being 157, we can expect batters to come out all guns blazing. The captain, who won the toss, would love to bowl first on this surface.
AFG vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Top Picks
Azmatullah Omarzai
All-rounder Omarzai has accumulated 75 runs from two innings and scalped a wicket with the ball.
Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan, the No.3 batter, has amassed 80 runs from two innings at an average of 80 and a strike rate of 142.86.
AFG vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Captain picks
Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma is the leading run-scorer this series with 121 runs from two games at an average of 60.5.
Sanju Samson
Sanju Samson has amassed 67 runs across both innings at an average of 33.5 and a strike rate of 223.33.
AFG vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Head-to-Head Dream11 team
Abhishek Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Azmatullah Omarzai (vc), Mohammad Nabi, Ibrahim Zadran, Arshdeep Singh, Rashid Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel
AFG vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Grand League Dream11 team
Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (vc), Sanju Samson (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ibrahim Zadran, Arshdeep Singh, Rashid Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel
