Captain Shubman Gill and Afghanistan's skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi pose for photographs with the trophy before the one-off Test in Mullanpur on June 6, 2026.
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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. Published - June 06, 2026 09:30 am IST
