India vs Afghanistan 2nd ODI Predictions - Gill to lead India to series win over Afghanistan

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India produced an immaculate performance to take the 1st ODI with two overs to spare.
Afghanistan have plenty of talented players but they struggle to perform consistently as a unit, which limits their match-winning potential.
India have enjoyed a perfect ODI record in Lucknow and with Afghanistan needing to throw everything at their hosts to save the series it should open up cracks in their defence for India to exploit.

Shubman Gill is in prolific form with the bat (Getty Images).

India vs Afghanistan Predictions

India are T20I World Cup champions and won the one-off Test against Afghanistan by an innings and plenty before taking the 1st ODI with ease.

India vs Afghanistan Predictions
Head-to-Head
India Form
Afghanistan Form
Team news

India’s Shubman Gill scored 84* off 66 balls in the 1st ODI.
India’s KL Rahul hit three sixes in his 19-ball 39* against Afghanistan.
India’s Ishan Kishan has scored 70, 79, 33 & 34 in his last 4 innings.
India’s Gurnoor Brar has taken 4/57, 2/278, 1/52 & 3/27 in 4 matches.
India have won all 8 ODIs they have played at the Ekana Stadium.
Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz has posted scores of 30, 88, 41 & 102 in his last 4 whiteball matches.
Afghanistan’s Rahmat Shah has scored 133, 50 & 60 in his last 5 knocks.
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has taken 211 wickets in 110 ODIs (ave 19.73).

Head-to-Head

India have won four of their last five ODIs against Afghanistan, with the other match ending in a tie back in 2018.

India Form

India recovered from back-to-back ODI defeats to New Zealand by beating Afghanistan in the 1st ODI by seven wickets with 13 balls to spare.

Shubman Gill has scores of 104, 126 and 84* in his last four innings while KL Rahul has scored 56, 60, 100 and 39* in his last four matches. Shreyas Iyer has scored 59* and 101* in his last five innings and Ishan Kishan has two 30s and two 70s in his last four knocks.

Harsh Dubey has two three-fors in his last four matches, while Nitish Kumar Reddy (2/31) and Arshdeep Singh (2/27) each bowled well in the 1st ODI. Singh has two two-fors in his last five matches. Gurnoor Brar (3/27) had the best figures in the win over Afghanistan in the 1st ODI and has taken 10 wickets in his last four matches.

Afghanistan Form

After claiming a 3-0 series win in their last ODI series against Bangladesh back in October 2025, Afghanistan suffered a seven-wicket defeat to India in the 1st ODI of the current series.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit a magnificent century in the 1st ODI, but he was the only batter to get out of the 20s. Hashmatullah Shahidi (27 off 30 balls) and Azmatullah Omarzai (26 off 16 balls) offered some support but none of the other Afghanistan side reached double figures.

Ziaur Rahman (1/39) and Rashid Khan (1/37) were the only Afghanistan bowlers to taste success with the ball as India strolled to a seven-wicket win. Rahman has taken six wickets in his last four innings, including figures of 3/46 for Mis-Ainak against Boost. Rashid Khan came into the match on the back of figures of 3/18 and 2/25 in his previous four matches.

Team news

India are unlikely to change a side that produced a near-perfect performance in the 1st ODI. Afghanistan desperately need their players to stand up as a unit, and if they do they can certainly challenge India, but history suggests they are in for another defeat.

India (possible XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harsh Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar.

Afghanistan (possible XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Ziaur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Mohammad Saleem.

Verdict

India v Afghanistan 2nd ODI

India are tipped to win at odds of 1.08, with Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Gurnoor Brar and Rahmanullah Gurbaz backed to star with bat and ball

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