Captaincy may be snatched from Shubman Gill, these star players of India will not get a chance in Afghanistan series

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 21, 2026

IND vs AFG: Indian cricket team is going to play a test match with Afghanistan right after IPL 2026. A big update is coming out before this test match. Some of India’s top star players may be rested for this test match. This clearly means that some players will not be selected in the team for this match. In such a situation, some new players will get a chance. Many senior and star players may be out of Team India.

In fact, according to the report of Time of India, India’s big and experienced players can be rested from the only Test match to be held with Afghanistan. The reason for this is IPL 2026.

India’s star players will be out of Afghanistan test

Let us tell you that these days the 19th season of the Indian Premier League is being played in India. IPL 2026, which started from March 28, is expected to be played till June 2026. Right now only the schedule till May 24 has been announced. IPL playoff matches will take place after this. In such a situation, IPL playoffs can be played till the beginning of June.

The schedule of IPL 2026 playoffs has not been released yet. 3 matches will be played in the playoffs of IPL 2026. These will include Qualifier-1, Eliminator, Qualifier-2 and Final. In these four matches, the teams will also be given rest of at least one to two days. In such a situation, IPL is expected to run till early June.

Afghanistan will skip test match due to playing in playoff

India’s test match against Afghanistan is going to be played from June 6-10. This match will be played at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Stadium located in New Chandigarh. This match will be played in Mullanpur. The team for this only Test match will also be announced earlier, so that the players can get at least a week’s time to prepare. In such a situation, if the IPL 2026 playoffs are played then India’s star players will not be able to play in this match, they will play that IPL 2026 playoffs.

🚨 INDIA vs AFGHANISTAN TEST MATCH UPDATE 🚨
– India is likely to rest the top stars for the Afghanistan test if their IPL teams qualify into the Playoffs. Fluid situation but discussions happening. (Sahil Malhotra)
With a quick turnaround between Test and ODIs vs AFG & then… pic.twitter.com/uz0hM6XTMp
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 21, 2026

Captaincy may be snatched from Shubman Gill

In such a situation, Team India’s Test captain Shubman Gill may also be out of the team. Because if his team Gujarat Titans reaches the playoffs, then he will be seen captaining it in IPL 2026. In this situation, he will not come to captain Team India against Afghanistan. In such a situation, he can snatch the captaincy and give it to someone else.

🚨 NO TOP PLAYERS FOR AFGHANISTAN TEST MATCH 🚨
– India may rest their Top stars for Afghanistan Test Match. Won’t be surprised if Shubman Gill, Bumrah, KL & a few top players are given rest for the Test Match. (Sahil Malhotra/TOI). pic.twitter.com/7rdwNdzHsQ
— Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh) April 21, 2026

These players will also be out of Afghanistan test

If the teams of Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians also reach the playoffs of IPL 2026, then senior players like KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah may also be out. They can also be given rest. In such a situation, players like Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel may also be out of this only test.

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