3 new faces in the form of Sameer Rizvi, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, 15-member Team India finalized for T20 series against Afghanistan

Team India: Afghanistan team will tour India in the year 2026 in which they have to play Test, ODI and T20 series. For which Team India can be announced soon.

Players who perform well in IPL and domestic cricket can be given a chance in this series. However, the dates for this series have not been announced yet.

Sameer Rizvi can get a chance in Team India

Young batsman Sameer Rizvi can be given a chance for this series. Sameer has been performing well in domestic cricket for some time, the result of which can be found in the form of selection in Team India.

Due to Sameer's good performance, he was bought by the Chennai team for 8.5 crores last year. Since then, he is continuously capitalizing on the opportunities he is getting, due to which he can get a chance to debut in Team India.

Ashutosh and Shashank can also debut for Team India

Players Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh, who made their mark in the role of finisher for Punjab Kings, can also get a chance in the T20 series. Every team needs a good finisher in the shorter format and in a very short time, Ashutosh and Shashank have shown through their game that they can become a good finisher, so they can be given a chance against Afghanistan.

Ruturaj Gaikwad can get the captaincy

Team India can make Rituraj Gaikwad the captain for this series. Whenever Gaikwad has got opportunities for Team India, he has performed well every time, so in the absence of captain Surya, Rituraj can be given the captaincy. If we look at Rituraj's performance in T20, he has scored 633 runs in 20 innings of 23 matches at an average of 39.56 and a strike rate of 143.54. Which includes 1 century and 4 half-centuries.

India's probable T20 team against Afghanistan

Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dubey, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Sameer Rizvi, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harshit Rana, Deepak Chahar, Mayank Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Jitesh Sharma