India vs Afghanistan: Currently the excitement of Indian Premier League 2026 continues in India. The IPL final will be played on 31 May. After this, the Indian cricket team will be seen playing Test and ODI series against Afghanistan in the month of June. The Indian team has been announced for this. The Indian selection committee met on 19 May in Guwahati to select both the Test and ODI teams. Afghanistan team will visit India in June. On this tour, one test match and three ODI matches will be played between the two teams.
Test match will start from June 6
The one-off Test match between India and Afghanistan will be played at Mullanpur Stadium, New Chandigarh from June 6. For this, a 14-member Indian team has been declared. The captaincy of this Test team has been handed over to Shubman Gill, while KL Rahul has been made the vice-captain. Earlier, the vice-captain of the Test team was Rishabh Pant. However, Pant has been successful in saving his Test place.
Rohit and Virat return to ODI team
15 players have been selected for the ODI series against Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been included in this team. However, wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant did not get a place in the ODI team. Whereas fast bowler Mohammed Shami has once again been ignored. Selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar said that there was not much discussion on Shami’s name.
Jasprit Bumrah given rest
Star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for this entire series. It is believed that his workload is being managed in view of the England tour. This time the selectors have given opportunity to many new players. Manav Suthar has been included in the Test team for the first time. Whereas Gurnoor Brar and Harsh Dubey have got a place in both the Test and ODI teams. Prince Yadav has been selected in the ODI team for the first time.
Complete schedule of India vs Afghanistan series
6 June – First Test match, New Chandigarh
June 14 – 1st ODI, Dharamshala
17 June – 2nd ODI, Lucknow
June 20 – 3rd ODI, Chennai
players included in test team
Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant, Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey and Dhruv Jurel.
ODI team players
Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar and Harsh Dubey.
