Teenage mixture Vaibhav Suryavanshi And keep his place in Indian cricket team for the three-match series against Afghanistan in New Delhi from September 13-17.
Shreyas Iyer will continue to be Indian T20 captainwith Tilak Varma serving as his deputy, while Jasprit BumrahArshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana lead the pace attack.
Wicketkeeper Sanju Samson returns after missing India’s tour of Zimbabwe in July, while spinner Varun Chakaravarthy is also back after injury ruled him out of that series.
Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar have been included in the list on condition of getting fitness clearance.
Sooryavanshi, 15, was one of India’s standout performers during their 3-0 T20I series sweep over Zimbabwe.
The left-hander became the youngest player to score a half-century in men’s T20 internationals with an 18-ball fifty in the series opener. He followed it up with 81 off 49 balls in the third T20I and was named Player of the Series.
India’s squad for the Afghanistan series includes eight changes from the squad that completed the Zimbabwe series.
Samson, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Chakaravarthy, Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana join the team.
Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav and Prabhasimran Singh will miss the tournament.
The 15-member team is also identical to the team after which India is named Asian Games 2026 In Aichi Nagoya, Japan, where defending champion Shreyas Iyer will drive.
The Afghanistan series will be India’s last T20I assignment before Asian Games The men’s cricket competition begins on September 24.
India will head into the series with a 3-0 win over Zimbabwe. The current World T20 champions are also the highest-ranked team in the T20I rankings.
Afghanistan will be the designated host team for the series, although all three matches will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
the first India vs Afghanistan T20 The second match will be held on September 13, then the second round on September 15, and the third on September 17.
India squad for Afghanistan T20 series 2026
Indian national cricket team: Shreyas Iyer (C), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma (VC), Shivam Dubey, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar*, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah*, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana*.
*Subject to fitness clearance.
