{"id":182399,"date":"2026-06-18T22:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182399"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:07:37","slug":"harshit-rana-named-in-india-squad-for-series-finale-against-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182399","title":{"rendered":"Harshit Rana named in India squad for series finale against Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71120673\">Harshit Rana has been added to the India squad for the third and final ODI against Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Rana, who has completed his rehabilitation at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE), has linked up with the ODI squad in Chennai.<\/p>\n<p>The India all-rounder was ruled out of the 2026 T20 World Cup, which India went on to win, after sustaining a knee injury during the warm-up match against South Africa in Navi Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>Rana, who represents Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, also missed the entire 2026 season because of the injury.<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated squad for the third ODI against Afghanistan: <\/b>Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Harshit Rana<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 19, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/harshit-rana-india-squad-third-odi-afghanistan\/article71120673.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harshit Rana has been added to the India squad for the third and final ODI against Afghanistan. Rana, who has completed his rehabilitation at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE),&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6744_19_1_2026_8_8_50_1_94_RVM_0113.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":181495,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181495","url_meta":{"origin":182399,"position":0},"title":"India vs Afghanistan, 2nd ODI LIVE Score: Shubman Gill reaches fifty with a six after Rohit Sharma departure for 48","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Updated on: Jun 17, 2026 2:42:38 PM IST India vs Afghanistan LIVE Score, 2nd ODI: Rohit Sharma missed out on a half-centuryIndia vs Afghanistan LIVE Score, 2nd ODI: Rohit Sharma was a bit too circumspect off the last few deliveries he played. 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