IND vs AFG one-off Test: India opts to bat against Afghanistan, Manav Suthar makes debut

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Captain Shubman Gill and Afghanistan's skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi airs for photographs with the trophy earlier the one-off Test successful Mullanpur connected June 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

India skipper Shubman Gill won the flip and opted to bat successful the one-off Test against Afghanistan successful Mullanpur connected Saturday (June 6, 2026).

India handed debut to left-arm spinner Manav Suthar, who has played 29 first-class matches for Rajasthan. He has 129 wickets from those matches.

This volition beryllium Gill's archetypal Test arsenic skipper connected his location turf, Punjab.

Afghanistan besides handed Test headdress to 22-year-old left-arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote.

Teams:

India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

Afghanistan: Sediqullah Atal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Abdul Malik , Rahat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Afsar Zazai (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangeyalia Kharote, Ziaur Rahman, Mohammad Saleem.

Published - June 06, 2026 09:30 americium IST

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