Rahane to lead against Afghanistan; Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar have rested

The BCCI has announced 15-member squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan on Tuesday (May 8). Ajinkya Rahane named the captain in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli, who has opted to play county cricket for Surrey to prepare for the upcoming tour of England.

Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who were part of the Indian team in the Test series in South Africa, have rested. Kuldeep Yadav and Karun Nair, who missed out SA tour, have been included in the 15-man squad.



Rohit Sharma also has rested ahead of India's tour of England and Ireland. While Hardik Pandya, who had a tough tour of South Africa able to make it in the squad. Rest of the team is same as it was for South Africa.

Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Murli Vijay, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja.

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