{"id":3628,"date":"2026-05-19T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:32:45","slug":"senior-stars-rested-as-india-names-fresh-faces-and-new-captain-for-afghanistan-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/senior-stars-rested-as-india-names-fresh-faces-and-new-captain-for-afghanistan-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Stars Rested as India Names Fresh Faces and New Captain for Afghanistan Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a refreshed 15-member squad for the upcoming multi-format series against Afghanistan in June, opting to rest key seniors. Spearhead quick Jasprit Bumrah and veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have both been rested for both the one-off Test match and the three-match ODI series to manage their workloads. In their absence, young batter Shubman Gill has been appointed to lead the national side across both formats. Furthermore, the selectors implemented a notable leadership adjustment in the red-ball format, replacing Rishabh Pant with KL Rahul as the vice-captain of the Test squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The squad announcements are highlighted by several maiden call-ups for standout domestic and IPL performers as India looks to build bench strength for the future. Pacer Gurnoor Brar, left-arm spinner Manav Suthar, and all-rounder Harsh Dubey earned their maiden call-ups to the Test side, which will play in New Chandigarh from June 6 to 10. For the subsequent ODI leg starting June 14 in Dharamshala, Lucknow Super Giants&#8217; breakout fast bowler Prince Yadav has received his maiden India call-up alongside Brar and Dubey. While veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli return to anchor the ODI batting unit, their selections\u2014alongside returning all-rounder Hardik Pandya\u2014remain subject to final fitness clearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a refreshed 15-member squad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3630,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions\/3630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}