Overview
- India will play a one-off Test from June 6 to 10 at New PCA Stadium, Mullanpur, followed by ODIs on June 13, 17 and 20 in Dharamsala, Lucknow and Chennai, with squads already announced.
- The team held its first nets in New Chandigarh and the BCCI added seven net bowlers, including Auqib Nabi, as Sairaj Bahutule joined the support staff as spin coach.
- Selectors named Shubman Gill captain for both formats and included several uncapped or newly called players such as Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey and Manav Suthar as India manages workloads by resting senior multi‑format stars.
- The BCCI has asked Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya to report to its Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru for fitness assessment and Hardik has reported for clearance ahead of the ODIs.
- Multiple media outlets report that the Afghanistan Cricket Board has asked the BCCI to let Afghanistan ‘host’ India in three T20Is at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sept 13, 16 and 19 and that an understanding with the DDCA is said to be in place, but the arrangement is not yet officially confirmed.