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Bengaluru, May 8
Virat Kohli’s county sojourn might pave the way for Shreyas Iyer’s entry into the Indian squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan, starting on June 14, when the national selection committee meets here on Tuesday.
Kohli, who will be playing for Surrey for the entire month of June, will also miss the two T20 Internationals against Ireland in Dublin at the end of that month.
While Ajinkya Rahane is set to lead the Indian team in the one-off Test against the Afghans, Rohit Sharma is likely to be in-charge during the Ireland leg with Kohli taking over at the start of July.
It is understood that barring Kohli, almost all the Test regulars will be in action against Afghanistan. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma are expected to come back from England for the Test.
“There was a bit of wrong communication in some sections of media. Pujara was always going to play the Test against Afghanistan. Ditto for Ishant Sharma, who doesn’t have a game for Sussex after his next match against Kent on May 11-14. Both are not playing any Royal London Cup matches during that phase,” said a BCCI official.
Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill and Shivam Mavi are likely to find a place in the India A team coached by Rahul Dravid. The India ‘A’ tour of England will begin with an ODI tri-series against England Lions (A team) and West Indies A, from June 22.
