Rishabh Pant removed as Test vice-captain, dropped from ODI squad vs Afghanistan

Rishabh Pant is no longer the Test vice-captain. He has also been dropped from the ODI squad for the upcoming series against Afghanistan. KL Rahul will now be the Test vice-captain. Shubman Gill continues to lead the Test side. The selections were made by the BCCI senior men’s selection committee. Ravindra Jadeja is rested for the Test.

Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has been removed as vice-captain of India’s Test team for the upcoming one-off match against Afghanistan and dropped from the ODI squad for the ensuing three-match series against the same opponents, PTI reported on Tuesday.

KL Rahul has replaced Pant as vice-captain of the Indian Test side, which will continue to be led by Shubman Gill.

The squads were finalised during a meeting of the Ajit Agarkar-led BCCI senior men’s selection committee ahead of the home series against Afghanistan, according to PTI.

The one-off Test will be played in Mullanpur from June 6, followed by a three-match ODI series from June 14 in Dharamsala, Lucknow and Chennai.

Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been rested for the Test match, while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for both the one-off Test and the ODI series against Afghanistan as part of workload management

Spinner Manav Suthar and pacer Gurnoor Brar earned maiden Test call-ups, while Prince Yadav received his first ODI call-up.

Ishan Kishan has been named as the second wicketkeeper in the ODI squad.

Full India ODI squad for Afghanistan series:

Shubman Gill

Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli

Shreyas Iyer

KL Rahul

Ishan Kishan

Hardik Pandya

Nitish Kumar Reddy

Washington Sundar

Kuldeep Yadav

Arshdeep Singh

Prasidh Krishna

Prince Yadav

Gurnoor Brar

Harsh Dubey