Clearing the air after hours of speculation, the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has officially confirmed that the first T20 International between India and Afghanistan will take place as scheduled on Sunday, September 13, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
India’s updated squad for Afghanistan T20Is Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson [WK], Ishan Kishan [WK], Tilak Varma [VC], Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Thakur However, following a coordination meeting between DDCA officials and law enforcement authorities, an operational plan was finalized to handle both the international diplomatic delegations and match-day crowds simultaneously.
The confirmation guarantees that the three-match bilateral T20I series will roll out according to its planned itinerary in Delhi: Delhi Police and stadium management are slated to release a detailed traffic advisory closer to game day, advising spectators to rely on public transit – particularly the Delhi Metro’s ITO and Delhi Gate stations – to bypass road closures and curbs in the central Delhi corridor.
