India name squad for Afghanistan series, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya's inclusion subject to fitness clearance

Published - 19 May 2026, 16:23 IST | Updated - 19 May 2026, 16:25 IST

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 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.

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