India: Ajinkya Rahane to captain for inaugural Test against Afghanistan
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Batsman Ajinkya Rahane will take charge of India for their inaugural Test match against Afghanistan in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli.
Kohli is unavailable as he will be playing for Surrey in June to prepare for the Test series against England, which begins on 1 August.
The Test against Afghanistan begins on 14 June in Bengaluru.
The 29-year-old will return for India's limited-overs series against Ireland and England from 27 June.
India will play three T20 matches and three one-day games against England before the five-Test series begins.
Test squad v Afghanistan
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur.
T20 squad v Ireland & England
Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.
ODI squad v England
Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.
