The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the Indian team's squads for the upcoming multi-format series against Afghanistan, which will be
played at home. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya, both part of the One-Day International (ODI) squad, have been named, but their availability will depend subject to fitness clearance from the Centre of Excellence (CoE).
KL Rahul has been made the new vice-captain of the Test team while Rishabh Pant has been demoted to being the specialist wicketkeeper. Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha) and Gurnoor Brar (Punjab) have been handed their maiden call-up to the Indian team and both will be featuring across the series. Manav Suthar has also been handed a call-up to the Test squad. Ravindra Jadeja, meanwhile, has been ignored from both sides.
India squads versus Afghanistan 2026
Test squad: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (VC), Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant [WK], Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Dhruv Jurel, Harsh Dubey
ODI squad: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma*, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya*, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey
*Rohit and Pandya - Subject to fitnes
India vs Afghanistan 2026: Schedule
| Match | Date | Time (IST) | Venue |
| Only Test | June 06-10 | 9:30 AM | Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, New Chandigarh |
| First ODI | June 14 | 1:30 PM | HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala |
| Second ODI | June 17 | 1:30 PM | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium, Lucknow |
| Third ODI | June 20 | 1:30 PM | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
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