The T20 series between India and Afghanistan will begin on January 11, but Team India has not yet announced its squad. Afghanistan has already declared its team, and its players have arrived in India. Before the series, there is unfortunate news for the Indian team. Experienced players Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav are out of the series. Meanwhile, Ruturaj
Gaikwad is also unavailable due to injury.
there is a possibility that he might miss the initial matches of the England Test series as well. The selection for the Afghanistan T20 series took place on Sunday. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have secured their places in the team, with Rohit returning as the captain. Neither Rohit nor Kohli has played any international T20 matches since the 2022 T20 World Cup.
There is hope for the return of both Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya from the Indian Premier League (IPL). Suryakumar, who led India in the T20 series in South Africa in December, suffered an injury to his groin during fielding in the third and final match in Johannesburg. He recently underwent surgery on his groin, and it is expected that he will return to training in a few months.
Hardik Pandya was injured during the World Cup.
The T20 series against Afghanistan is India’s last bilateral T20 series before the T20 World Cup. Selectors would want all their first-choice 15 players to be available for selection, but that may not be possible. Hardik sustained an injury in November during a league match against Bangladesh in Pune during the ODI World Cup. Since then, he has not been able to make a comeback.
