Virat Kohli out of IND vs AFG series, now the luck of these players will shine, know who are those 4 biggest contenders?

Virat Kohli Replacement in Indian Cricket Team: The Indian team has to play a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan this month i.e. in June. Before this, the Indian team suffered its biggest shock in the form of Virat Kohli. Actually, Kohli is out of this series due to hamstring injury. After his strong performance in IPL 2026, there were a lot of expectations from Virat Kohli in the ODI series against Afghanistan.

On the other hand, the fans were also desperate to see him playing in this series, but now this desperation of the fans has come to a complete stop. After all this, now only one question is arising in front of everyone that who will replace Virat Kohli in Team India for this series? Let us now discuss about four such names.

Tilak Verma and Rituraj Gaikwad are the biggest contenders

The ODI series against Afghanistan will start from June 13, there is not much time left for it. Kohli was out about 9 days before the start of the series. Two names are emerging prominently as his replacement. The names of Tilak Verma and Rituraj Gaikwad are included in this. It is believed that either Virat Kohli’s Rituraj Gaikwad or vice-captain Shreyas Iyer will be at number three.

If Shreyas Iyer is able to adjust his batting order then surely Rituraj Gaikwad may get a chance. At the same time, if Iyer will come to bat at number three, then the team will need a lower middle order batsman, which Tilak Verma can fulfill brilliantly.

Rajat Patidar and Yashasvi Jaiswal also in line

It is believed that Rajat Patidar and Yashasvi Jaiswal can also fill the void of Virat Kohli. The order of these two batsmen is also not too low. Yashasvi Jaiswal opens for Rajasthan Royals. On the other hand, RCB captain Rajat Patidar has the skill of batting from 1 to 4. Patidar has led RCB to the IPL title twice under his captaincy. In such a situation, it is possible that the management may decide to go towards them also.

Schedule of ODI series against Afghanistan

Also read: The color of Afghanistan series is broken! First Virat Kohli was out, now there is doubt on the playing of Rohit and Hardik too.

Team India’s squad against Afghanistan

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Prince Yadav.