10 June,2026 01:44 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Hardik Pandya (Pic: X/@hardikpandya7)
Team India is all set to lock horns with Afghanistan in the three-match ODI series, which is set to begin from June 13. The first game between both teams will be played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala.
Ahead of the match, the star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the entire series as he sustained a quadriceps strain.
Earlier, the Gujarat-born cricketer was at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru to get the clearance for his back spasm injury. According to several media reports, he also bowled the full quota of overs (10 overs) during the assessment.
According to PTI, the new injury could be a result of him bowling 10 overs at the CoE.
Earlier, along with Pandya, veteran batsman Rohit Sharma was also cleared by the Sports Science team of BCCI's CoE to feature in the upcoming 50-over format's series.
Star batter Virat Kohli is already missing the series owing to a hamstring injury. The "Men in Blue" will enter the series after securing a dominating victory by an innings and 300 runs over the Afghans at the Maharaja Singh PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh.
The second ODI match between the teams will be played on June 17 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow, followed by the third game on June 20 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul (WK), Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (WK), Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill (C), Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Harsh Dubey, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmat Shah, Fareed Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Abdul Rasooli, Nangeyalia Kahrote, Qais Ahmad, Ziaur Rahman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Bilal Sami, Mohammad Saleem, Allah Ghazanfar, Bashir Ahmad.
