With eyes set on the next ODI World Cup, India will square off against Afghanistan in the first ODI at Dharamshala on Saturday. Though the ODI showpiece is still 16 months away, India would aim to build their ODI squad accordingly.

Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the three-match series due to a hamstring injury, whereas Hardik Pandya is unlikely to feature because he has suffered a fresh injury.

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Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi needs 26 runs to complete 2500 runs in ODIs.

Ibrahim Zadran needs 132 runs to complete 2000 runs in ODIs.

Rahmat Shah needs three fours to complete 350 boundaries in ODIs.

Azmatullah Omarzai needs four sixes to complete 50 maximums in ODIs. He needs six wickets to complete 50 scalps in the ODI format.

Mohammad Nabi needs nine fours to complete 250 boundaries in ODIs.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz needs 112 runs to complete 2000 runs in ODIs.

Indian skipper Shubman Gill needs 47 runs to reach the 3000-run mark in ODIs.

Shreyas Iyer needs 23 runs to complete 3000 runs in ODIs.

Ishan Kishan needs 67 runs to complete 1000 runs in ODIs. He needs five fours to complete 100 boundaries.

Kuldeep Yadav needs six wickets to complete 200 scalps in ODIs.

India’s ODI squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, 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 (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharotai, AM Ghazanfar, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Malik, Bilal Sami