[ANALYSIS] Three talking points ahead of India-Afghanistan T20 World Cup clash
India captain Virat Kohli and teammate Rohit Sharma greet New Zealand captain Kane Williamson.DUBAI - Virat Kohli's India will take on an upbeat Afghanistan in their bid to stay alive in the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday.
But India's batting has been found wanting against the quality pace attacks of Pakistan and New Zealand on a Dubai pitch that was one of the venues of the recent Indian Premier League. Mujeeb, a mystery spinner who has nearly all the variations, returned his T20 best figures of 5-20 in his team's 130-run rout of Scotland.
Kohli's team has already faced abuse for losing two in two with the country's cricket board accused of exhausting their players with the IPL having finished just two days before the start of the World Cup.
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