The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the Indian squads for the upcoming multi-format series against Afghanistan, set to take place at home. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya are included in the One-Day International squad, but their participation will depend on fitness assessments from the Centre of Excellence (CoE).
KL Rahul has been appointed as the vice-captain of the Test team, while Rishabh Pant will now serve as the specialist wicketkeeper. Harsh Dubey (Vidarbha) and Gurnoor Brar (Punjab) have received their first call-ups to the Indian team and will participate in the series. Manav Suthar has also been added to the Test squad. Notably, Ravindra Jadeja has been left out of both teams.
<h3>India squads versus Afghanistan 2026</h3>
<p><strong>Test squad: </strong>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, <strong>Dhruv Jurel</strong>, Harsh Dubey</p>
<p><strong>ODI squad:</strong> Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma*, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya*, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, <strong>Kuldeep Yadav</strong>, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey</p>
<p>*Rohit and Pandya - Subject to fitness</p>
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