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Who is Gurnoor Brar: Apart from the only Test match against Afghanistan next month in June, the Indian cricket team will also play a 3-match ODI series. BCCI has announced Team India for both the series on Tuesday, May 19. Some new faces have got a chance in both the squads, but one player has surprised everyone by making it to both the squads. We are talking about Gurnoor Brar, who has got a place in Team India’s squad for the ODI and Test against Afghanistan.

Gurnoor Brar joins Team India for Afghanistan Test and ODI series

Right after the end of IPL 2026, next month in June, Team India will play a Test match and 3 ODI series against Afghanistan at home. Shubman Gill has been made the captain for both Test and ODI. Whereas KL Rahul has been given the responsibility of vice-captain in Test and Shreyas Iyer has been made vice-captain in ODI. Whereas Jasprit Bumrah has been given rest in both the series due to England tour. So that their workload can be managed. In such a situation, some new faces have been found.

Who is Gurnoor Brar?

25 year old Gurnoor Brar has got a place in both Test and ODI squads. After which the question in the minds of the fans is that who is Gurnoor Brar, who got a place in both the teams, then let us tell you that Gurnoor Brar hails from Punjab and plays his domestic cricket from there. He is an expert in making dangerous bounces from the pitch at a speed of 145 km/hour. Seeing his excellent performance in domestic cricket, he got a chance in India-A.

Gurnoor Brar has played only one match in IPL

Gurnoor Brar In IPL 2026, he is a part of Gujarat Titans under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. However, this season he has not got a chance to play even a single match. Before this he was a part of Punjab Kings. He made his IPL debut in the year 2023 from Punjab Kings. In 2024, he was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 50 lakh as a replacement for injured Sushant Mishra. Then in the mega auction of IPL 2026, Gujarat to Gurnoor Brar Made him part of the team again for a huge amount of Rs 1.30 crore.

Gurnoor Brar’s performance in domestic cricket

Talking about Gurnoor Brar’s performance in domestic cricket, he He has played 18 first class, 9 list A and only 9 T20 matches. He has taken a total of 52 wickets in first class cricket. He has 12 wickets in his name in List A. Whereas he has taken 10 wickets in T20 cricket.

Team India’s squad for the one-off test match against Afghanistan: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper).

Indian team squad for ODI series against Afghanistan: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey.