The Pandya brothers have reasons to rejoice. While Hardik Pandya has been picked in the 15-member squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Bengaluru from June 14 to 18, Krunal Pandya has broken into the India ‘A’ squad for the one-day series in the UK.

Hardik will miss the company of Mumbai Indians mates Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah for the historic fixture against Afghanistan as the duo has been rested. But the troika is set to reunite as they have been selected for the three-match T20I series against Ireland, the three-match T20I series against England as well as the three-match ODI series against England.

Ajinkya Rahane will lead India in the one-off Test match as the senior selection committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India decided to rest regular skipper Virat Kohli for the same. There are no new faces in the Test squad. However, the selectors have rewarded pacer Siddarth Kaul with a place in all three limited-overs squads. Ambati Rayudu and Umesh Yadav have also made a comeback.

Krunal has been rewarded for his consistent performances for Mumbai Indians in the VIVO IPL as well Baroda in domestic cricket. An all-rounder in every sense of the word, Krunal is often called ‘Mr Utility’ for his ability to bat and ball in any situation.

THE SQUADS

Team India for the one-off Test against Afghanistan: Ajinkya Rahane (c), 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

Team India for the two-match T20I series against Ireland: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav

Team India for the three-match T20I series against England: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav

Team India for the three-match ODI series against England: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav

Team India ‘A’ for the one-day tri-series in the UK: Shreyas Iyer (c), Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Vijay Shankar, K Gowtham, Axar Patel, Krunal Pandya, Prasidh Krishna, Deepak Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Shardul Thakur

Team India ‘A’ squad for four-day matches in the UK: Karun Nair (c), R. Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, AR Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne, Vijay Shankar, KS Bharat (wk), Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Rajneesh Gurbani