India name squads for games against England, Ireland and Afghanistan

India have announced their squads for the upcoming Test match against Afghanistan, T20 clashes in the UK and Ireland and ODI series against England

India have announced their squads for the upcoming Test match against Afghanistan, T20 clashes in the UK and Ireland and ODI series against England.

Batsmen Shreyas Iyer and Ambati Rayudu are included in the one-day international party to face England over three matches.

Virat Kohli captains the squad, which also includes MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.

ODI SQUAD vs ENGLAND

Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Kohli will miss the the Test against Afghanistan in Bengaluru in June, however, as he has signed up for a stint in County Championship cricket with Surrey.

Ajinkya Rahane will captain the team in his absence.

The match is Afghanistan's first Test since they were handed Full Member status by the ICC.

TEST SQUAD vs AFGHANISTAN

Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur

Five T20 matches are booked in for the coming months, with two against Ireland preceding three against England.

Kohli captains the squad, which also includes the likes of KL Rahul, Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik.

T20 SQUAD vs IRELAND & ENGLAND

Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav