As per the report, India Suffers Hardik Pandya Blow For Afghanistan T20Is, All-Rounder Likely To Miss Series
According to the report, the star all-rounder of team India, Hardik Pandya, is likely to miss the T20I series against Afghanistan but will be fit before the Indian Premier League due to his ankle injury. Pandya was part of India's ICC Cricket World Cup squad. He played four matches, picking up five wickets with the best bowling figures of 2/34 and scoring 11* against Australia in his only innings before an ankle injury sustained during a league stage game against Bangladesh on October 19 ruled him out of the tournament.
Pandya has not played any international matches since then, having missed the five-match T20I series against Australia and the three-match T20I and ODI series during the tour to South Africa as well. Suryakumar Yadav led India in all the T20I matches, while KL Rahul led the team in ODIs in the absence of Pandya and regular skipper Rohit Sharma, who requested some time off from white-ball cricket after the World Cup final against Australia.