The Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and Afghanistan counterpart Rashid Khan on Tuesday picked a combined India-Aghanistan XI. Indian cricketers dominated the XI as only three Afghan players featured in the team. The two spinners were doing a live session on Instagram on Tuesday.

The opening slots were reserved for the Men in Blue duo Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan and after that, the no.3 position was bound to go to the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli. For number four, Rashid named his countryman and right-handed batsman Rahmat Shah.

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Swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul and former India captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni were picked for number five and six positions respectively. However, Dhoni has been on a sabbatical from competitive cricket since the 2019 ICC World Cup semifinal against New Zealand. All-rounder Hardik Pandya filled the number seven spot while Rashid picked himself along with Mujeeb Ur Rahman as spinners.

The pace bowling department led by Jasprit Bumrah also featured the fierce fast bowler,  Mohammed Shami.

India-Afghanistan Combined XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rahmat Shah, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Currently, India is going through a nationwide lockdown. Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus positive patients in India went past 276000 with almost 7800 people losing their lives on Wednesday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

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Almost the entire is in a lockdown due to the scare of the ever-escalating situation concerning the World Health Organisation-recognized pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Everything- schools, colleges, airports, railway stations, gyms, sporting events, movies, offices- have been put under lockdown as the world continues to self-isolate in order to control the pandemic.