In the second ODI match against Team India, Afghanistan's skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi has won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow.

After winning the toss, Afghanistan's skipper Shahidi said, "We want to bowl first. The reason is the wicket looks fresh and I think it will be spinning in the first innings. There is a chance of that, so that's why we want to bowl. In the last game we played really well, but we were missing in the partnerships. We just had one good partnership, but after that we threw away our wickets easily. So that's the reason we didn't finish on the winning side. So hopefully the boys learn from it and come back stronger in today's game. (On the spirit in the Afghanistan camp) I think our boys have a lot of passion for cricket. And it's the ability and the skills of the players that we are doing well and hopefully that we improve day by day. We have three changes. Nabi is sick, he's not feeling well and Azmat got injured in the practice session. And also Zia Sharifi is not playing. So we have three guys - Bilal (Sami), and Darwish Rasooli is debuting today".