India vs Afghanistan 1st ODI Predictions - India to bounce back against in-form Afghanistan

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India lost their last ODI series to New Zealand but have found form since the IPL.
Afghanistan have enjoyed ODI success in recent months.
Home ground advantage will add to India’s advantage in the series.

KL Rahul is in brilliant form with the bat (Getty Images).

India vs Afghanistan Predictions

Afghanistan are undefeated in their last five ODIs but haven’t played in the format since October 2025. India lost their last two ODIs back in January but they have found their form by winning the T20 World Cup in March followed by a successful IPL tournament.

India vs Afghanistan Predictions
Head-to-Head
India Form
Afghanistan Form
Team news

India’s KL Rahul has scored 56, 60 & 100 in his last 3 knocks.
India’s Shubman Gill has hit 64, 104 & 126 in his last 5 innings.
India’s Kuldeep Yadav has figures of 3/29 & 3/30 in his last 4 innings.
Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran has scored 50-plus in his last 4 innings.
Afghanistan’s Darwish Rasooli has scored 83, 87, 100* & 101 in 4 innings.
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan took 3/18 and 2/25 in his last 4 matches.

Head-to-Head

India have won three of their four ODIs against Afghanistan, with the other match ending in a tie.

India Form

India won the recent T20I World Cup by beating New Zealand by 96 runs and beat Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in their one-off Test last week.

KL Rahul has scored 50-plus in his last three innings, including a century in the one-off Test against Afghanistan. Shubman Gill has two centuries in his last three innings, while Shreyas Iyer has innings of 59* and 101* in four innings. Ishan Kishan has scores of 55, 70, 79 and 33 in five knocks

Kuldeep Yadav has taken two three-fors in his last three innings while Prasidh Krishna took 3/37 in the first innings in the Test against Afghanistan. Gurnoor Brar has figures of 4/57 and 2/27 in his last three matches.

Afghanistan Form

Afghanistan are unbeaten in their last five ODIs and enjoyed an excellent T20I World Cup and were unlucky to miss out on the Super Eight stage of the tournament.

Ibrahim Zadran has been in great form with the bat, scoring 53, 95*, 61 and 57 in his last four matches. Darwish Rasooli has scored 80-plus in his last four innings and Hashmatullah Shahidi has scored 55 and 20 in his last three knocks. Rahmat Shah has also been in the runs, scoring 49, 133, 50 and 60 in six innings.

Rashid Khan is always a handful for batters and has taken 193 wickets in 115 T20Is. Nangeyalia Kharote has figures of 2/70 and 3/41 in four matches and Mohammad Saleem has taken 3/38, 1/32 and 6/140 in his last three innings.. AM Ghazanfar has picked up one wicket in each of his last five matches.

Team news

India will be without Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli for the series, but star batter Rohit Sharma has been declared fit to play. Afghanistan have been boosted by the arrival of Rashid Khan following the one-off Test.

“With Virat, at this point, it's just been less than a week since he injured himself in the finals. We will assess him (but) we don't know the timelines yet,” said chief selector Ajit Agarka in a pre-series press conference.

“Yashasvi will be his replacement. But it looks like he (Kohli) might be fit for that England one-day series (in July) but again, it's not a definitive answer. So, don't hold me to it. I haven't had a clear timeline from the physio yet,” added Agarkar.

India squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey.

Afghanistan ODI squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharotai, AM Ghazanfar, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Malik, Bilal Sami.

Verdict

India v Afghanistan

India are overwhelming favourites to take the win, with Ibrahim Zadran, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill backed to star with the bat.

India Win

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