Karun Nair has been brought into the Test team for the one-off Test against Afghanistan as Virat Kohli will be playing for Surrey to prepare for the upcoming series against England. Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Indian Test team against Afghanistan in Kohli’s absence. Kohli will also miss the two T20Is against Ireland and Rohit Sharma will lead the side in those two games.
The national selection committee, on Tuesday, picked the Test team against Afghanistan, the squad for the two-match T2OI series against Ireland, three-match T20I series against England, three-match ODI series against England, the India ‘A’ team for the one-day Tri-series against England Lions and West Indies ‘A’ and the India ‘A’ team for the two four-day games against West Indies ‘A’ and one four-day match against England Lions.
The ODI team for the England series saw Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu and Siddarth Kaul come in. Rayudu has had a great IPL series and has been duly rewarded.
