NEW DELHI: Afghani­stan’s cricket team will tour India in June this year to play one Test and a three-match One-day International series, the Indian board said on Monday.

The tour will open with the Test in New Chandigarh on June 6, followed by three ODIs on June 14 (Dharam­shala), June 17 (Lucknow) and June 20 (Chennai), said Dev­ajit Saikia, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, in a news release.

Afghanistan’s tour starts soon after this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) ends on May 31.

The IPL, the world’s most lucrative domestic T20 lea­g­ue, features some of the biggest global cricketing stars, including from Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan team used India as a cricketing base for several years because of political and security challenges at home before shifting to the United Arab Emirates.

They bowed out of the ongoing T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, in the group stage.

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2026