Lokesh Rahul and Manish Pandey could get a look-in in the middle order while medium pacers Siddharth Kaul and Deepak Chahar could come in to give Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah much-needed rest.
The 30-year-old further stated that they are hopeful of doing well against the island nation.
Afghanistan defeated Ireland by 29 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Team India wrapped up the one-off Test against Afghanistan on Day 2 itself as a ruthless India side beat their opponents by an innings and 262 runs on their Test debut.
Ahead of one-off India vs Afghanistan Test match, we present you with a list of players who can lead Afghanistan's fight against No.1-ranked India in Bengaluru.
Stanikzai backed his side's spinners saying that Rashid Khan and the other are stronger than the Indian spinners.
Captain Asghar Stanikzai has asserted that the recent clean sweep victory has lifted the morale of his team ahead of the one-off Test against India.
Apart from IPL sensations Rashid Khan and young Mujeeb ur Rahman, the other two spinners in the 15-member Afghanistan squad are chinaman Zahir Khan and left-arm orthodox Amir Hamza Hotak.
Afghanistan will make their much-awaited Test debut on June 14 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and Stankizai said the aim is to give a good fight to India, who will be without their regular skipper Virat Kohli.
Afghanistan cricket captain Asghar Stanikzai today said his team knows how to bea the big guns of the game but the ICC has to give it enough chances.
Dunedin, New Zealand: Asghar Stanikzai made 54 in a record 88-run partnership for the third wicket which lifted Afghanistan to 232 after being sent in to bat by Sri Lanka in their Cricket World Cup
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Subash Khakurel hit a maiden half-century and Jitendra Mukhia claimed career best 3-18 Thursday to help Nepal notch its second victory in the World Twenty with a nine-run win over Afghanistan. Khakurel struck
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