India is preparing for their next ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 match against Afghanistan on Saturday with some extreme instructional meetings in Southampton. With captain Virat Kohli keeping up there will be no slip in power when they take on Afghanistan, expect another total exhibition from the pre-competition top picks at The Rose Bowl.
After a hectic first week at the World Cup, Team India players finally got a 5-day break ahead of their Afghanistan match. India had headed into the break on the back of a dominant 89-run win over arch-rivals Pakistan in Manchester.
Having secured one of their greatest successes over Pakistan, Team India players are ensuring they are relaxing after the high-intensity encounter.
Captain Virat Kohli took to Instagram on Thursday to post a photo of himself with Rishabh Pant, who had joined the squad as a back-up in front of the Pakistan coordinate. The two players can be seen traveling around Southampton
"Southampton diaries with this champ," Kohli composed as the captain for the photograph.
Rishabh Pant is probably going to make his World Cup debut in India's fifth match of World Cup 2019 against Afghanistan. The young wicketkeeper-batsman who was at first overlooked from the squad was restricted in a substitution player after it rose Shikhar Dhawan wouldn't most likely recuperate in time from the thumb damage he endured in the match versus Australia.
Pant may replace Vijay Shankar who suffered an injury scare after getting hit on the toe by a Jasprit Bumrah yorker in Wednesday's training session. While Shankar seems to have recovered well, the team management may opt to rest the all-rounder who shone with the ball in his World Cup debut vs Pakistan on Sunday.
Pant has played just 5 ODIs for India yet the wicketkeeper-batsman has demonstrated his strength in the briefest configuration of the game, sparkling for Delhi Capitals. Pant likewise scored a Test hundred each in England and Australia during India's abroad visit a years ago.
