India Squad For Afghanistan T20I Series: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Team India for the T20 series against Afghanistan. BCCI announced the team in a post on ‘X’ on Tuesday (September 1). This team is once again commanded by experienced batsman Shreyas Iyer. (Shreyas Iyer) Has been handed over to. At the same time, Tilak Verma has been made the vice-captain. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana have returned to the team, but there is suspense regarding their fitness. If these players get fitness clearance, only then they will be able to play in the series. This series will start from September 13, which will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Sanju Samson’s return
Wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson for T20 series against Afghanistan (Sanju Samson) Has returned. Sanju Samson has been kept out of the Zimbabwe tour. At the same time, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has also made his place in the Indian team. He performed brilliantly on the Zimbabwe tour. He won the Player of the Series award by scoring 151 runs in 3 matches at a strike rate of around 200. In such a situation, he has once again been selected in the team.
8 players including Rinku Singh were dismissed
8 players have been dropped from the Indian team for this series. Apart from Rinku Singh, the names of Prince Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Prabhsimran Singh and Harsh Dubey are included. All these players were part of Team India’s squad on the Zimbabwe tour, but now they are out of the team.
India-Afghanistan T20 series schedule
india vs afghanistan (India vs AFG) The first match of the T20 series will be played on 13 September. After this, the second match will be played on 15 September, while the third match will be played on 17 September. All these matches will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, in which the Indian team will play as the guest.
India’s squad for Afghanistan T20I series announced. #TeamIndia will play three T20Is against Afghanistan at New Delhi, beginning September 13.#AFGvIND pic.twitter.com/UqTUeZyHz8
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 1, 2026
India’s squad against Afghanistan
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Shivam Dubey, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar*, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah*, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana*.