After the completion of IPL 2026, India will square off against Afghanistan in a one-off Test match at New Chandigarh from Saturday onwards. India is in sixth place in the World Test Championship standings with a PCT of 48.15 and thus, Shubman Gill’s team would look to bag crucial 12 points against Afghanistan.

On the other hand, Afghanistan will need to play out of their skins to challenge the potent Indian team in the latter’s own conditions. The tourists’ also don’t have the services of Rashid Khan, who has been rested for the one-off Test.

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Indian captain Shubman Gill needs 157 runs to complete 3000 Test runs. He needs four sixes to reach 50 maximums in the red-ball format.

Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal needs five sixes to complete 50 maximums in the Test format.

Rishabh Pant, who will play his 50th Test match, needs 24 runs to complete 3500 runs in Test cricket. Pant needs six maximums to reach 100 sixes in the multi-day format.

KL Rahul needs 16 fours to complete 500 boundaries in Tests.

Dhruv Jurel needs three fours to complete 50 boundaries in Tests.

Mohammed Siraj needs 11 wickets to complete 150 scalps in Test cricket.

Hashmatullah Shahidi needs 13 fours to complete 100 boundaries in Tests.

Rahmat Shah needs 30 runs to complete 1000 runs in the red-ball format.

India Test squad: Shubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vc), Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Dhruv Jurel.

Afghanistan Test squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmanullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafudin Ashraf, Nangyal Kharotai, Qais Ahmad, Bilal Sami, Zia Sharifi, Saleem Safi