New Delhi: Indian team has a match against Afghanistan on home ground. The only Test match between these two teams was played in Mullapur from 6 to 8 June, in which Team India won by an innings and 300 runs and also made the record of its biggest win in this format. Now after the Test, a three-match ODI series is to be played between these two teams. The series will start from June 13 with the ODI to be played in Dharamshala. After this, action will be seen in Lucknow on 17th June and Chennai on 20th June.

Fans were very excited for the start of this series, because BCCI had selected many star players in the squad of Team India. However, earlier Virat Kohli was out of the series due to hamstring injury and now star all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s name has also been included in this list.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya is out

Earlier there were doubts about Hardik’s fitness. For this reason, the selection committee had made his participation in the ODI series dependent on the fitness test. Pandya was successful in passing the fitness test at the Center of Excellence but now there are reports that he has been ruled out due to another injury.

South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia are going to host the 2027 ODI World Cup. In such a situation, the role of pace all-rounder will be very important, that is why Hardik Pandya is being considered very important for Team India. Hardik had returned to the ODI team for the Afghanistan series after a year as part of the Mission World Cup, but now he has been dropped without playing.

According to sources, Hardik Pandya has sprained his leg and due to this, Team India will not be able to get his service in the ODI series. It is believed that the all-rounder is in top form and has been training hard at the BCCI Center of Excellence since June 2. Hardik was to join the Indian team in Dharamsala on June 11, but due to a sudden sprain, he will have to stay in Bengaluru for at least two more weeks.

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