Afghanistan will square off against India in the third T20I against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, on Thursday. India took an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series after winning the second game comprehensively by seven wickets on Tuesday.

Nitish Kumar Reddy bagged the Player of the Match award after returning with impressive figures of 3-24. With the bat, Sanju Samson played a crucial knock of 57 runs off just 22 balls after pressure was rising on him. 

With series already in the bag, India can make some changes to the playing XI and thus Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could be seen in action.

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Indian captain Shreyas Iyer needs 66 runs to complete 1500 runs in T20Is.

Indian opener Sanju Samson needs one run to complete 1500 runs in the T20I format.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran needs five sixes to complete 50 maximums in T20Is.

Afghanistan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib needs one six to complete 50 maximums in T20Is.

Azmatullah Omarzai needs seven sixes to complete 50 maximums in T20I format.

Rashid Khan needs four wickets to complete 200 wickets in T20Is. He also needs six fours to complete 50 boundaries in T20Is.

India squad for Afghanistan T20Is: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Thakur.

Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Noor Rahman, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai and Naveen-ul-Haq