India also bowled well with R Ashwin, brought into the squad for this match, bowling a brilliant spell as Afghanistan were denied runs and their task became even more difficult.
Scotland, who have qualified from Round 1, are out of contention as they are at the bottom of the standings with all losses in Super 12. But he has pride to play for and can make things difficult for India.
Against Scotland India need to bat well and score big if they bat first and make the target difficult as they did against Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul need to give another good start to the middle order to build up that momentum. The dew has taken a toll on the Indian bowlers, although the big target against Afghanistan gave them some runs due to difficulties in catching the ball.
Scotland will depend on their batsmen to fire against India. Captain Kyle Coetzer said he would hope to play his best cricket against India. “I don’t really care how the results end up and how we show ourselves on this platform and how we go and play our cricket. We have a pretty powerful brand of cricket that we play, but We need to challenge ourselves at this level as often as we can. That’s the only way we’ll keep improving.”
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