IND vs AFG One-Off Test: Shubman Gill-led India will square off against Hashmatullah Shahidi-led Afghanistan in the only test of the Afghanistan tour of India 2026 to be played between June 06-10 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, New Chandigarh.
IND vs AFG One-Off Test: Can Afghanistan Put a Challenge for India?
Afghanistan have played a total of 12 test matches, where they won only four games. The last time India and Afghanistan met on test in 2018, Afghanistan lost all 20 wickets within two days.
Meanwhile, India will be aiming to use this as a preparations for the upcoming test schedules.
The experience between the two teams remains significant. Since Afghanistan’s first test in 2018, they have played only 11 matches, while India has played 67 test games.
India wk-batter Rishabh Pant, who has played 49 tests til the date, has not even made his debut when Afghanistan played their first test.
Only Shahidi and Rahmat, the players from the match, are named in the squad. Afghanistan had a training camp in Jalalabad ahead of the test match.
Cricket Fans can check the IND vs AFG Weather Report for better knowledge about the conditions at Mullanpur.
IND vs AFG One-Off Test Pitch Report
The surface at Mullanpur provides assistance to fast bowlers and spinners on different occasions of the game. With fast bowlers enjoying good bounce with the new ball, spin bowlers will be effective once the pitch gets slow.
Overall, it will be a balanced contest where pacers have an early advantage, batters capitialising the middle phase, and spinners having an edge in the latter stages.
IND vs AFG Predicted Playing XI
India Predicted Xl
KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Harsh Dubey / Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Afghanistan Predicted Xl
Abdul Malik, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Sediqullah Atal, Afsar Zazai (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Zia Sharifi, Nangeyalia Kharotai
