Just days ahead of the first T20I match between India and Afghanistan. Suryakumar Yadav and Rashid Khan engaged in a heartwarming interaction on social media. Both cricketers have played a lot of cricket against each other, both in international matches and in the Indian Premier League. However, it was their 'bromance' that left social media users impressed on Tuesday. Rashid shared a video of himself practicing in the nets with the caption, "I've missed you." Suryakumar was quick to respond to his post, as he wrote, "And I will miss you." To which Rashid remarked, "I am coming to meet you."
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made a high-profile comeback to India's T20 squad for the three home matches against Afghanistan, with the former also named captain for the series. Rohit and Kohli last appeared in a T20 for India in the World Cup semi-finals against England in November 2022.
Back then, the two veterans, along with KL Rahul, were seen to be playing archaic cricket in the powerplay, and the team needed to move on from that approach with Hardik Pandya earmarked as the new T20 captain.