Rishabh Pant dropped from India's ODI squad for Afghanistan series, loses Test vice-captaincy to KL Rahul

Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has been removed as vice-captain of India’s Test team for the upcoming one-off match against Afghanistan and dropped from the ODI squad for the ensuing three-match series against the same opponents, PTI reported on Tuesday.

KL Rahul has replaced Pant as vice-captain of the Indian Test side, which will continue to be led by Shubman Gill.

The squads were finalised during a meeting of the Ajit Agarkar-led BCCI senior men’s selection committee ahead of the home series against Afghanistan, according to PTI.


The one-off Test will be played in Mullanpur from June 6, followed by a three-match ODI series from June 14 in Dharamsala, Lucknow and Chennai.

Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been rested for the Test match, while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for both the one-off Test and the ODI series against Afghanistan as part of workload management

Spinner Manav Suthar and pacer Gurnoor Brar earned maiden Test call-ups, while Prince Yadav received his first ODI call-up.

Ishan Kishan has been named as the second wicketkeeper in the ODI squad.

Full India ODI squad for Afghanistan series:

• Shubman Gill
• Rohit Sharma
• Virat Kohli
• Shreyas Iyer
• KL Rahul
• Ishan Kishan
• Hardik Pandya
• Nitish Kumar Reddy
• Washington Sundar
• Kuldeep Yadav
• Arshdeep Singh
• Prasidh Krishna
• Prince Yadav
• Gurnoor Brar
• Harsh Dubey