Afghan star pacer ruled out of test match against India

Afghan pacer Dawlat Zadran has been ruled out of the T20I series against Bangladesh and Afghanistan’s historic one-off Test against India due to a knee injury.

Afghan Cricket Board confirmed that the fast bowler suffered an injury during the training camp in India and he has been advised one month rest by the doctors.

Afghanistan is set to lock horns with Bangladesh from June 3 for 3 T20s. Afghanistan would also be playing their maiden Test against India from June 14- June 18, 2018, in Bengaluru.

While India has announced its squad, Afghanistan is yet to announce the squad for the Test match against India.

India Squad:

AM Rahane, R Ashwin, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, KK Nair, HH Pandya, CA Pujara, KL Rahul, WP Saha, I Sharma, SN Thakur, M Vijay, UT Yadav

Afghanistan Squad:

Yet to be announced.

Fast bowler @dawlat_zadarn suffered a knee injury during the training camp in India. He has been advised one month's rest by doctors. Therefore, he will not be available for the T20I series against Bangladesh as well as Afghanistan's one-off Test against India.

— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) May 27, 2018