India vs Afghanistan 2026: Schedule, Squad, Match Dates & Venues

Get ready for the action-packed multi-format series with India vs Afghanistan 2026 which will bring up the cricketing rivalry between to above Asian nations. Afghanistan’s India tour consists one Test and three ODIs between June 6 to June 20, 2026. 2026 will also be a historic year for bilateral cricket between these two sides as India will once again go away to play an away T20I series in September later that year.

Full Match Schedule: India vs Afghanistan 2026

Match	Date	Venue
One-off Test	June 6–10, 2026	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur (New Chandigarh)
1st ODI	June 13, 2026	HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
2nd ODI	June 17, 2026	Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
3rd ODI	June 20, 2026	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
1st T20I (Away)	September 13, 2026	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
2nd T20I (Away)	September 16, 2026	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
3rd T20I (Away)	September 19, 2026	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Note: The away T20I series is a Afghanistan ‘home’ series being played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, agreed upon through arrangements negotiated between BCCI and DDCA.

India Squads

India Test Squad

Role	Player
Captain	Shubman Gill
Vice-Captain	KL Rahul
Wicket-Keepers	Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel
Batters	Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal
All-Rounders	Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Gurnoor Brar
Spinners	Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Harsh Dubey
Pacers	Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

India ODI Squad

Role	Player
Captain	Shubman Gill
Vice-Captain	Shreyas Iyer
Wicket-Keepers	KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan
Senior Batters	Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli
All-Rounders	Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Azmatullah Omarzai
Spinners	Kuldeep Yadav

Afghanistan Squads

Afghanistan ODI Squad

Role	Player
Captain	Hashmatullah Shahidi
Wicket-Keepers	Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ikram Alikhil
Batters	Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Rahmat Shah
All-Rounders	Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nangyal Kharotai
Spinners	Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Zia U Rahman Sharifi
Pacers	Fareed Malik, Bilal Sami

Note: Mujeeb Ur Rahman was a notable absentee from Afghanistan’s ODI squad.

Key Highlights

Test Match: This one-off Test in Mullanpur (New Chandigarh) is not part of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025–27 cycle — neither team gets points from this match. The match is the first Test at the stadium.
Debut Watch: Young left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey predicted to get his Test cap at Mullanpur
Building Towards WC 2027: It is a critical ODI series as both the teams look to test combinations ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2027.
There was a special arrangement made between BCCI and the DDCA to have were consistently viewed as Afghanistan’s residence grounds for September T20I series. The venue will remain the same for all three clashes.
After the series, India’s T20I squad travels to the Asian Games – starting on September 23 in 2026 which makes this T20I series a critical rehearsal.

Where to Watch India vs Afghanistan 2026 Match

Region	TV	Live Streaming
India	Sports18 Network	JioCinema App & Website
International	Check local broadcasters	ESPN+, Willow TV (US)

The 2026 India tour of Afghanistan series is a giant leap in the journey of growth for Afghanistan cricket. Led by Shubman Gill, against a relatively new-look Indian side and with the likes of Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran involved, it could be an enthralling series across all three formats. Bookmark this calendar — this summer is going to be a cracker in terms of cricket!