Team India announced for the series against Afghanistan

Team India announced for the series against Afghanistan: Rohit-Kohli return in T20

Rohit-Kohli played the last T20 International match against England in the last T20 World Cup. The Indian team lost the semi-final match by 10 wickets.

The Indian team has been announced for the 3-match T20 series against Afghanistan. The captain of the team will be Rohit Sharma. He will play the first T20 International after the last T20 World Cup.

Apart from Rohit, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill have also returned, while KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja have not been given a place in the team.

Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Ruturaj Gaikwad have been ruled out due to injury. All of them could not recover from their injuries.

The series starting from January 11 is important for the preparations for the T20 World Cup. This is the last bilateral series of the Indian team before the T-20 World Cup to be held in June.

Indian team against Afghanistan series

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar. .

Return of Gil and Samson

Opener Shubman Gill and wicketkeeper Sanju Samson have returned to the team for the T-20 series. Opener Rituraj Gaikwad is injured. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have not been given a place in the team. Wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan is not available due to personal reasons.

Shivam Dubey has been selected as the fast bowling all-rounder in place of injured Hardik Pandya, while Axar Patel has been given a chance in place of Ravindra Jadeja. India has the option of Ravi Bishnoi and Kuldeep Yadav as leg spinners, while Washington Sundar has been kept in the team as an option for off-spin all-rounder.

youth pace trust

The selectors have expressed confidence in the young pace attack for the series. The trio of Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar will form the pace attack in the home series against the Afghans. There are no names like Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami in the team.

India's last T20 series before the T20 World Cup

Before the T20 World Cup, India will play only 3 T20 matches. All three matches will be against Afghanistan. After this, India will play 5 Tests against England and then IPL will start. The IPL is expected to run till the third week of May. Immediately after the tournament, T20 World Cup will also start in West Indies and America from June 1st. Its schedule was released by ICC only on Friday, January 5.