Virat Kohli was called for preparation (Photo-PTI)
IPL is over and now the Indian cricket team is going to take the field soon. Team India will play a test match against Afghanistan from June 6. This match will be played in New Chandigarh and immediately after this the ODI series will start from June 13, for the preparation of which Team India has sent invitations to ODI players for practice. It is being told that important players of the ODI team, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer have been called to New Chandigarh on June 9. The training of the ODI team will take place from 9 to 11 June. After this this team will leave for Dharamshala.
Team India’s plan
The interesting thing is that the test match between Afghanistan and India will be held from 6th to 10th June and the practice of the ODI team players will start from 9th June. To correct this preparation, the Indian support staff has made a special plan. A separate strategy has been made for the players who are part of both Test and ODI teams. However, the biggest problem for the support staff is the temperature of New Chandigarh. The temperature in New Chandigarh is more than 40 degrees. Playing in such heat after IPL can especially trouble the bowlers. This is the reason why 5 to 6 net bowlers are associated with the Indian team. Aaqib Nabi, Zeeshan Ansari, Saransh Jain, Shivang Kumar, Mayank Yadav will provide practice to the Indian batsmen.
Keep an eye on Rohit-Virat
Once again an eye on the ODI series against Afghanistan Virat And it will be on Rohit Sharma only. Rohit Sharma is not completely fit yet, he is currently in the Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. He will be able to play in the ODI series only after becoming fit. On the other hand, Virat Kohli is completely fit and this player has performed amazingly in IPL 2026. This player made Royal Challengers Bangalore win the IPL for the second consecutive time by scoring 675 runs in 16 innings. Now if his bat works in the ODI series, he will further strengthen his claim for the 2027 World Cup.
ODI series schedule against Afghanistan
- First ODI- June 13, Dharamshala
- Second ODI-17 June, Lucknow
- Third ODI- June 20, Chennai
India’s ODI squad
Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Harsh Dubey.
