India, Sept. 15 -- The injury-forced absence of Varun Chakravarthy, who was ruled out with a fresh side strain on Monday, and Hardik Pandya has deepened India's fifth-bowler conundrum in their push for a series victory over Afghanistan in the second T20I here on Tuesday.

The World Cup winners India returned to the shortest format with a dominant show, beating Afghanistan by seven wickets in a one-sided contest on Sunday here to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match rubber.

Shreyas Iyer's men ticked all the boxes as pacer Arshdeep Singh and opening batter Abhishek Sharma produced sensational performances to set up the win. While Arshdeep (3/19) was precise in his execution to help India restrict Afghanistan to 156 for eight, Abhishek came o...