Team India will take on Afghanistan in a one-off Test match at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur from June 6 to June 10. This will only be the second Test match to be played between the two nations. India beat Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs when the teams clashed for the first time in Bengaluru in June 2018.
Shubman Gill will captain the Indian team in the one-off Test against Afghanistan. Spin bowling all-rounders Manav Suthar and Harsh Dubey as well as pacer Gurnoor Brar have earned maiden call-ups to the Indian side for the one-off Test match against Afghanistan in Mullanpur.
Suthar played five matches for Gujarat Titans (GT) in IPL 2026, claiming two wickets at an economy rate of 11.75. Left-arm spinner Dubey claimed eight wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in eight matches at an economy rate of 10.36. Pacer Brar is part of the GT franchise, but did not play any match in IPL 2026.
Following the conclusion of the Test match, India and Afghanistan will face off in a three-match one-day series. The ODIs will be played in Dharamsala, Lucknow and Chennai on June 13, June 17 and June 20 respectively. While Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were originally named in the squad, there are concerns over their fitness. As per reports, Kohli has already been ruled out.
Prince Yadav, Brar and Dubey are the new faces in the ODI squad for the three-match series against Afghanistan. Fast bowler Prince was among the few positives for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in an otherwise disappointing IPL season. He bowled will impressive speed, claiming 16 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 28.68 and an economy rate of 8.82.
IND vs AFG 2026 schedule with venues and IST timings
Below is the full schedule for Afghanistan’s tour of India 2026 featuring a one-off Test and three one-day internationals.
June 6-June 10: One-off Test, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh (9:30am)
June 14: 1st ODI, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala (1:30pm)
June 17: 2nd ODI, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow (1:30pm)
June 20: 3rd ODI, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai (1:30pm).
IND vs AFG 2026: Live telecast and live streaming details
In India, the live telecast of the India vs Afghanistan 2026 series will be available on Star Sports network channels. Similarly, the live streaming of the contest will be available on the JioHotstar app as well as the website. Fans must have a JioHotstar subscription to watch the games. The live coverage of the IND vs AFG 2026 one-off Test match in Mullanpur will begin at 8:30am IST.
IND vs AFG 2026 squads
Below are the full squads for India vs Afghanistan Test as well as the ODI series.
India Test squad: Shubman Gill (c), KL Rahul (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Dhruv Jurel (wk)
Afghanistan Test squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafudin Ashraf, Nangyal Kharotai, Rahmanullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Qais Ahmad, Bilal Sami, Zia Sharifi, Saleem Safi
Reserves: Bashir Ahmad, Bashir Shah, Ismat Alam
India ODI squad: Shubman Gill (c), *Rohit Sharma, *Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), *Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey
(*Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya’s selection is subject to fitness. Virat Kohli has reportedly been ruled out, but there is no official update from BCCI yet)
Afghanistan ODI squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nangyal Kharotai, AM Ghazanfar, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Malik, Bilal Sami
Edited by Renin Wilben Albert