'We will be making a few changes' - Ryan ten Doeschate confirms changes to XI ahead of India vs Afghanistan 3rd ODI

Former Netherlands international and India's Assistant Coach, Ryan ten Doeschate, has spoken about the composition of the side ahead of the third One Day International (ODI) against Afghanistan at the M.A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, June 20. The Men in Blue have already secured the three-match series by winning the first two matches in Dharamshala and Lucknow.

Ten Doeschate stated that the main purpose of this series was to try new combinations and thus make necessary changes to the playing XI to give other players a run in. These include resting regular players like Arshdeep Singh and replacing him with someone like Harshit Rana, who was added to the squad at the eleventh hour.

"We will be making a few changes from the first two games. Part of the brief coming into the series was that we wanted to try a few different combinations and give everyone a fair share of games. So someone like Arshdeep [Singh], who has bowled really well in the first two games, he can probably take a rest tomorrow, and one of the batters will also miss out tomorrow and we will go back to playing one of the new spinners," Ryan ten Doeschate said in the pre-match press conference.

Ten Doeschate also stated that the team will most likely have two all-rounders, in Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar. However, the top three that played in the second ODI in Lucknow should remain the same, which means Yashasvi Jaiswal will get a second opportunity up the order along with Rohit Sharma.

The versatility of this batting lineup is fantastic, but no, I don't think KL [Rahul] will bat at number three tomorrow. We want to have a good look at Yashasvi [Jaiswal] as well. Obviously, he didn't runs in the last game, so he will probably get another go. Maybe with the combination, we need to look at Nitish [Kumar Reddy] again. Unfortunately, he couldn't play the last game but he needs to start in as well so I would imagine five batters, plus Nitish and Washi [Washington Sundar], that means obviously no space for one of the batters and certainly no changes in the top three from the last game," he added.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (C), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Washington Sundar, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Prince Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Harsh Dubey