Afghanistan has already proved its potential in limited-overs cricket, but history beckons the war-torn nation as for the first-time ever its players will take the field wearing white flannels and trousers.
After the one-off Afghanistan Test match, Rahane has nothing to look forward to as he has been dropped from the limited-overs side which is going to UK first.
With a few of the star players missing such as captain Virat Kohli, pacers Bhuvnehswar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, the 15-man Test squad has the capability to individually impress the selectors as they face a spin-heavy Afghanistan.
Karthik had last played a Test match way back in 2010 against Bangladesh but has had a prolific first-class record with 27 hundreds and over 9000 runs.
Talking about Rashid, the Afghanistan national team coach spoke about the leg-break bowler's maturity beyond years.
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Saha's batting form in the IPL was woeful with 122 runs in 10 innings at an average of 15.25 but he admitted it was way below his expectation.
The first and third Tests mentioned were won by India while the Ranchi encounter ended in a draw.
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said that neither BCCI had received any information regarding this, nor its anti-corruption unit had submitted the report on the same.
The match in question was the first Test between India and Sri Lanka at Galle played between July 26-29 in 2017.
Babar was struck by a rising delivery from Ben Stokes after tea on Day 2 on Friday and was forced to retire hurt on 68.
Afghanistan will make their much-awaited Test debut on June 14 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and Stankizai said the aim is to give a good fight to India, who will be without their regular skipper Virat Kohli.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar on Friday supported Virat Kohli's decision to prefer County stint over next month's one-off Test against Afghanistan to prepare for the challenging England tour.
CA wanted to continue with their recent tradition of playing the opening Test at Adelaide from December 6-10 under lights.
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.
After joining as Afghanistan's head coach in January, Simmons has achieved goal number one by guiding the fast-rising national side to its second World Cup qualification.
Earlier, the Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Shafiq Stanikzai had expressed his desire for Kohli to play the historical Test match against Afghanistan.
The trouble-torn Afghanistan currently play their home matches at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, and also have two 'home' bases in India -- Greater Noida and Dehradun.
The New Zealand openers saw off the immediate threat of the new ball and set a foundation for the series hosts to push for victory.
Australia cricketers confessed to ball tampering in a desperate plot hatched by Steve Smith and Co. as they saw the third Test against South Africa slipping away.
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