The Board of Control for Cricket in India has handed maiden call-ups to four promising youngsters for the Test and ODI series against Afghanistan starting June 6. Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Manav Suthar and Prince Yadav have been named across the two squads, with pacer Gurnoor earning a place in both teams. Left-arm spinners Harsh Dubey and Manav Suthar will join Brar in the Test set-up, while Delhi fast bowler Prince Yadav has been included in the ODI side. The announcement was made by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia in the presence of chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar after a two-hour meeting in Guwahati on Tuesday.
On expected lines, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja were rested from both squads, while the Mumbai Indians duo of Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya retained their spots in the ODI side, although their participation remains subject to fitness. Apart from the expected changes, the BCCI also replaced Rishabh Pant as India’s Test vice-captain with KL Rahul.
The series will kick off with the one-off Test in New Chandigarh, followed by the three ODIs on June 14, 17 and 20 in Dharamsala, Lucknow and Chennai.
India Test squad vs Afghanistan
Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vice-captain) Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Dhruv Jurel
India ODI squad vs Afghanistan
Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-captain), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey
