IND vs AFG Test and ODI squads: Who’s in, Who’s out? Full teams and injury updates for Afghanistan tour of India

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India's home series against Afghanistan starts on June 6. Here are the complete squad lists for both the IND vs AFG Test and ODI series.

When and where will the India vs Afghanistan matches be played?

The one-off Test between India and Afghanistan will be played at the New PCA Stadium in Mullanpur, becoming India's newest Test venue.

The subsequent three ODIs are set to be played as follows:

1st ODI: HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala on June 13

2nd ODI: Ekana Stadium, Lucknow on June 17

3rd ODI: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on June 20

IND vs AFG 2026 one-off Test: Full squad lists

India

Shubman Gill (c), KL Rahul (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harsh Dubey, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Mohd Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

Afghanistan

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmanullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafudin Ashraf, Nangyal Kharotai, Qais Ahmad, Bilal Sami, Zia Sharifi, Saleem Safi.

IND vs AFG 2026 one-off Test: Team news

Many expected India to name a second-string squad for the Test against Afghanistan, given that the match is not a part of the ongoing World Test Championship cycle. But the Shubman Gill-led lineup boasts most of the star names barring Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel, who have been rested in order to manage their workloads and build a bigger bowling group for red-ball games.

According to several reports, India have called up several fringe bowlers to bowl out in the nets ahead of the Test, including Auqib Nabi, Prince Yadav, Zeeshan Ansari, Saransh Jain, Gurjapneet Singh, and Shivang Kumar.

On the other hand, Afghanistan have made wholesale changes to the squad that lost the one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Harare. Rahmat Shah has returned to the fold after missing that fixture with an injury.

Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nangyal Kharotai, Qais Ahmad, Bilal Sami, and Saleem Safi have made the cut with the likes of Ismat Aslam and Yamin Ahmadzai missing out after disappointing performances against Zimbabwe.

IND vs AFG 2026 ODIs: Full squad lists

India

Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harsh Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.

Afghanistan

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharotai, AM Ghazanfar, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Malik, Bilal Sami.

IND vs AFG 2026 ODIs: Team news

India have retained their ODI batting core as they continue their preparations for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup. However, youngsters and uncapped players have also been given a go, including Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, and Harsh Dubey.

Ishan Kishan also makes a return to the ODI setup after more than two-and-a-half years, having coincidentally played his last ODI against Afghanistan in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Back in October, Afghanistan clean-swept Bangladesh in ODIs, and they have retained most of their squad from the series. Seam bowlers Mohammad Saleem and Bashir Ahmad have missed out, however, making way for right-arm fast bowler Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi and left-arm quick Fareed Malik.