Team India: A series was played for the first time between Team India and Afghanistan (IND VS AFG) in the beginning of the year 2024. In the first T20 series against Afghanistan, Team India defeated Afghanistan 3-0.
At the same time, now reports are coming in the media that the cricket boards of both the countries have fixed a time to play another T20 series among themselves. This time reports are also coming that Team India will go to Kabul for the first time and play a T20 series. Whose current secretary of the board, Jai Shah, can give a special responsibility to Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul.
Team India will play T20 series against Afghanistan in September 2026
If we look at the Future Tour Planning (FTP) of Team India, then according to the schedule of Team India, the Indian team can visit Afghanistan for the first time in the month of September 2026. The Afghanistan team came to India and played the T20 series. In such a situation, now the Indian team can be seen playing the T20 series in Afghanistan in the year 2026.
Jai Shah will give this special responsibility to Hardik and Rahul
This tour of Afghanistan is after the T20 World Cup 2026, so after the T20 World Cup 2026, Hardik Pandya can get the captaincy of Team India's T20 format.
On the other hand, if KL Rahul performs brilliantly in the upcoming 2 seasons of IPL cricket, then the selection committee can give him a chance to make a comeback in the T20 format for Team India. If this happens, KL Rahul can also get the responsibility of vice-captaincy on the Afghanistan tour.
Team India's probable squad for Afghanistan T20 series
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan
