Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the second ODI of the three-match series in Lucknow on Wednesday (June 17, 2026).

India, who are leading the series 1-0, handed debut to pacer Prince Yadav, who impressed in the IPL 2026 for Lucknow Super Giants.

However, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy will sit out of this match because of a quadricep injury. India has also brought in Kuldeep Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

For Afghanistan, Darwish Rasooli and Bilal Sami will made their debuts.

Teams:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Ishan Kishan(wk), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav.

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Darwish Rasooli, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharoti, AM Ghazanfar, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Bilal Sami.

Rishabh Pant answered his critics in the best possible manner with a stroke-filled 81 as India were on course for a mammoth first innings score, reaching 475 for 6 against Afghanistan at lunch on the second day of the one-off Test, in Mullanpur on Sunday (June 7, 2026).

In-front of a sparse Sunday (June 7, 2026) crowd, Pant did play his signature strokes but also curbed his natural instinct to go after each delivery, treating each ball on its merit during his 121-ball knock that had six boundaries and three sixes.

He should have completed his century but debutant left-arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote, who suddenly slowed the pace considerably. Pant charged down the track but couldn’t fully reach to the pitch of the delivery as the lofted hit ballooned up for a simple catch.

For Afghanistan, their IPL star Azmatullah Omarzai was distinctly unlucky. He was very impressive with the second new ball, beating the bat on a number of occasions without much luck.

In the first hour of second morning, Shubman Gill (126 off 177 balls) was dismissed by Mohammad Saleem (4/109 in 20 overs), who bowled a beauty to get rid of Indian skipper.

It was pitched on fuller length on off-stump channel drawing Gill forward and then there was a hint of outward movement taking the edge of his bat ending a 169-run stand.

Dhruv Jurel played a few beautiful shots square of the wicket but Saleem got one to reverse as Jurel decided to leave the ball on length only to find his off-stump pegged back.

However one dismissal that left the crowd high and dry was Pant’s as they were expecting some more fireworks from him once the spinners came into operation.

Going into the lunch break, Washington Sundar (14 batting) and debutant Manav Suthar (9 batting) were at the crease.

Scoreboard

India 1st innings: Yashasvi Jaiswal c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 24 KL Rahul c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Ziaur Rahman 100 Sai Sudharsan c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 81 Shubman Gill c Afsar Zazai b Mohammad Saleem 126 Rishabh Pant c Azmatullah Omarzai b Hashmatullah Shahidi 81 Dhruv Jurel b Mohammad Saleem 19 Washington Sundar batting 14 Manav Suthar batting 9 Extras: (B-4 LB-12 NB-4 W-1) 21

Total: (For 6 wickets in 110 overs) 475

Fall of wickets: 1/41 2/180 3/247 4/416 5/452 6/456

Afghanistan bowling: Ziaur Rahman 22-2-87-1, Azmatullah Omarzai 19-4-54-0, Mohammad Saleem 20-2-109-4, Nangeyalia Kharote 21-0-96-0, Abdul Malik 7-0-43-0, Hashmatullah Shahidi 21-1-70-1.

India skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and opted to bat in the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Mullanpur on Saturday (June 6, 2026).

India handed debut to left-arm spinner Manav Suthar, who has played 29 first-class matches for Rajasthan. He has 129 wickets from those matches.

This will be Gill’s first Test as captain on his home turf, Punjab.

Afghanistan also handed Test cap to 22-year-old left-arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote.

Teams:

India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

Afghanistan: Sediqullah Atal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Abdul Malik , Rahat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Afsar Zazai (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangeyalia Kharote, Ziaur Rahman, Mohammad Saleem.