India vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Score, 1st T20I: Afghanistan will take on India. (Credit: BCCI|X)

Shreyas Iyer’s India will take on Ibrahim Zadran’s Afghanistan in the first of the three-match T20I series starting on Sunday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Although the series will be held in India, Afghanistan will be the official host of the bilateral event.

India has been quite dominant against Afghanistan in all formats of cricket in the past, and the conditions in Delhi will be conducive to Indian batting, with short boundaries and a flat wicket. The conundrum for India, though, is who will be in the top three.

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Afghanistan, on the other hand, has quite experienced players in their lineup who are used to these conditions and have played against Indian players several times before through international cricket or the Indian Premier League. The challenge for them, though, is to combine those individual performances to put up a solid output. 

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