May 8 (CRICKETNMORE) - BCCI has announced Indian squad for historic one-off test against Afghanistan. Ajinkya Rahane will expectedly lead the team in Kohli's absence.

India Squad for one-off Test against Afghanistan: Ajinkya Rahane (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur.

This will be the first international test for Afghanistan cricket team. Starting from 14th June, Bengaluru will host the test at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.