Watch India vs Afghanistan 2018 Test Match Live on HotStar

India vs Afghanistan 2018 Test Match Preview

If I have to say which is that one team that has emerged as a good one in no time, I would say Afghanistan. I have seen the likes of Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Bangladesh, etc making a mark in International cricket. But the progress of Afghanistan has been remarkable. They exhibit hope and determination which could be a lesson for many other emerging cricketing nations around the world.

Now its time for Afghanistan to show their desire to make a mark in a test match! Yes you heard it right. Afghanistan would feel privileged to play a test match against India in India. This match is scheduled to be played from 14th June in Bengaluru.

India vs Afghanistan 2018 Test Live Streaming on Hotstar Live telecast of this test match will be available on Star Sports HD TV channels. If you wish to enjoy the live cricket streaming on the go, download HotStar and enjoy India vs Afghanistan test match live streaming online. The live action will be available in English and Hindi commentary.

Squads

India: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Dinesh Karthik, Navdeep Saini

Afghanistan: Asghar Stanikzai(c), Mohammad Shahzad, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Zahir Khan, Javed Ahmadi, Ihsanullah Janat, Rahmat Shah, Nasir Jamal, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afsar Zazai, Amir Hamza, Sayed Shirzad, Yamin Ahmadzai, Wafadar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Sports contains a feel where teams strive for supremacy through winning. But this time, here in Bengaluru; that would not really be the case for Afghanistan. Yes why would they not like to win? But they would play for pride. This would begin a new era for Afghanistan that would symbolise hope. A hope of new emerging test nation that would bring more competition to cricket. 

The visitors are rich with spin department and on the other hand Indians are experts in playing spin. So this is going to be a beautiful engagement of cricket where let's hope quality cricket wins! Tune into HotStar and Star Sports India network from 14th June 2018 for the live action.

Watch India vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2016 Match Live Streaming on HotStar!

HotStar brings you live cricket streaming of India vs New Zealand match from the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 match. The qualifiers and warm ups are already done. We have Bangladesh who would fit into one groups and Afghanistan into the other. These two would face eight regular ICC members in the Super 10 round. The extravaganza kicks off with India vs New Zealand T20 match today at Nagpur. Enjoy live streaming and score on HotStar and live telecast on Star Sports and DD National Sports network in India.

Here is a tweet full of excitement from our beloved Mr. Harsha Bhogle.

Looking forward to a fine cricket match but also to a packed pre-game show today. Do join us from 1800 hrs on StarSports1

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 15, 2016

The inaugural T20 world cup edition champions India never had an equally successful outing after that. They didn't perform well in the next two editions. They did a decent job n 2012 and reached the finals in 2014. They were defeated by Sri Lanka in the T20 world cup 2014. 

This is the right time for MS Dhoni to make another mark in his illustrious career. If he along with his team men clinches the trophy this time, India would be the first team to win it twice and also the first team to win it at home.

New Zealand are one of the top three favourites along with India and South Africa to win the title. Australians too can't be ignored. New Zealand have powerful strikers of the ball in the form of Anderson, Williamson, Guptil, Elliott, etc. They also have a decent pace battery. Their fielding standards can't be questioned.

Fortunately for India, the bowling line up has peaked at the right time. The young guns like Jadeja, Bumrah, Pandya are doing a great job in the recent past. Batting was always a strength for the team and Virat, Rohit, Dhawan, Yuvraj, Raina, Dhoni, etc look in brilliant touch.

Indian spinners such as R Ashwin, Jadeja, Harbhajan (if he plays today), etc would love to exploit the Kiwi batting line up. Spin is the only weakness for the New Zealand batsmen.

Although India have entered the tournament as firm favourites, hopefully the pressure doesn't build on to them. Not to forget, the team is placed in a comparitively tougher group with Australia, Pakistan and Bangladesh placed in the same group with New Zealand.

But in the end, let the best team win!