India-Afghanistan 1st T20I gets DDCA backing (ANI photo)
“India–Afghanistan 1st T20I on 13 September at Arun Jaitley Stadium will go ahead as scheduled. Because of the security requirements surrounding the high-profile summit, the match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium had come under a cloud of uncertainty after the Delhi Police sought a change in the schedule.
Following a meeting with Delhi Traffic Police, DDCA has been assured of all necessary support and arrangements,” the association said in a social media post. India will be led by Shreyas Iyer, with Tilak Varma named vice-captain. India full squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Thakur Afghanistan will be captained by opening batter Ibrahim Zadran, with a familiar group of match-winners in their squad. Afghanistan full squad: Ibrahim Zadran (c), Abdollah Ahmadzai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Nangeyalia Kharote, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Noor ul Rahman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Sediqullah Atal
The Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA), however, said on Thursday evening that there would be no change to the match date.