The BCCI Men’s Selection Committee has announced India A squad for the upcoming Afghanistan tour of India 2026. Shubman Gill has been appointed captain for both series. and KL Rahul as vice-captain replaces Rishabh Pant for test series. and Shreyas Iyer as vice-captain for three matches series.
Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested from India's one-off Test match against Afghanistan in June.
All-rounder Axar Patel, fast bowler Akash Deep, all-rounder Manav Suthar, Punjab fast bowler Gurnoor Brar, and left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey have been included in the Test squad.
Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya made their comebacks to the odi format.
India Test Squad for the Series Against Afghanistan (2026)
- Shubman Gill (Captain) (Opening Batsman)
- KL Rahul (Vice-Captain) (Top-order Batsman)
- Gurnoor Brar (Right-arm Medium-fast Bowler)
- Harsh Dubey (All-rounder)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (Opening Batsman)
- Dhruv Jurel (Wicket-keeper / Batter)
- Prasidh Krishna (Right-arm Fast-medium Bowler)
- Devdutt Padikkal (Top-order Batsman)
- Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper / Batter)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy (Batting All-rounder)
- Sai Sudharsan (Top-order Batsman)
- Mohammed Siraj (Right-arm Fast Bowler)
- Washington Sundar (Bowling All-rounder)
- Manav Suthar (Bowling All-rounder)
- Kuldeep Yadav (Left-arm Wrist-spinner)
India ODI Squad for the Series Against Afghanistan (2026)
- Shubman Gill (Captain) (Top-order Batsman)
- Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain) (Middle-order Batsman)
- Gurnoor Brar (Right-arm Medium-fast Bowler)
- Harsh Dubey (All-rounder)
- Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper / Opening Batter)
- Virat Kohli (Top-order Batsman)
- Prasidh Krishna (Right-arm Fast-medium Bowler)
- Hardik Pandya (Batting All-rounder)
- KL Rahul (Wicket-keeper)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy (Batting All-rounder)
- Rohit Sharma (Opening Batsman)
- Arshdeep Singh (Left-arm Medium-fast Bowler)
- Washington Sundar (Bowling All-rounder)
- Kuldeep Yadav (Left-arm Wrist-spinner)
- Prince Yadav (All-rounder)
