India will be meeting Afghanistan in the first-ever Test for the strife-torn nation. Afghanistan will become the 12th Test-playing nation once they take the field vs India, who will be without their talismanic skipper Virat Kohli and key bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah. Afghanistan will be hoping for a good show as they have so far shown their skills in the 20-over with very limited experience in first-class cricket. Ajinkya Rahane will be leading the Indian team and he will be hoping to post a win against rivals who will be going all out to make an impression.
Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur
