This is the first-ever bilateral series between these two sides in any format. Virat Kohli will not play the match due to personal reasons, while skipper Rohit has returned to T20Is after more than a year. Star Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan is also not playing the series.
Kohli and Rohit will make their first T20I appearance since featuring against England in the T20 World Cup in 2022. With the World Cup 2024 just a few months away, India will be keen to have the quality of both batters in the team.
Former South Africa star batter AB de Villiers backed India's decision to include Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the T20I squad for the Afghanistan series.
The second Test saw India clinch an eight-wicket victory in the shortest red-ball cricket game. The International Cricket Council (ICC) deemed the pitch "unsatisfactory."
As the Taliban's atrocities on women in Afghanistan continue in various forms, including suppression of their basic rights, a TOLOnews report highlighted how out of around 19000 people who are currently held under prisons in Afghanistan, at least 800 are women.
An international narcotics drug cartel was busted by a special cell and one Iranian national was arrested in the case. One kg of fine-quality heroin with an international value of more than Rs. 5 crore was recovered. The recovered heroin was smuggled into India from Afghanistan via Iran, Del