India vs Afghanistan Test will be played in Mullanpur from Saturday, June 6. This is a new chapter for Hashmatullah Shahidi, who has to prove what the team can do without star players like Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi. Afghanistan has created upsets by defeating many big teams in limited overs, but they are yet to do the same feat in Tests. This time they have a strong team like India in front of them. Here we are talking about Afghanistan’s Test career, which started only in 2018.
Afghanistan cricket team played its first red ball cricket match in 2018, it was against Team India. In that match played in Bengaluru, India had won by a huge margin of innings and 262 runs. After this, Afghanistan got their first Test win in 2019.
Afghanistan’s 2 consecutive wins in test
After losing their first Test against India, Afghanistan won 2 consecutive Test matches. The team defeated Ireland in March 2019 and Bangladesh in September 2019. Afghanistan won the 2-match Test series against Zimbabwe 1-0 in December 2024. In November the same year, West Indies defeated Afghanistan. In 2020, there was a 2-match Test series between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
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Afghanistan won its first series of more than 1 match in 2024, the team defeated Zimbabwe 1-0 in the 2-match series. Afghanistan has played a total of 12 test matches since 2018.
- Total Test: 12
- Won: 4
- Losers: 7
- Draw: 1
indian test squad
Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey.
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afghanistan test squad
Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rahmanullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Umarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Sharafudin Ashraf, Nangyal Kharotai, Zia Sharifi, Salim Safi, Qais Ahmed, Bilal Sami.