India on Monday, announced a young 15-member squad, led by Shubman Gill, for the five-match away series against Zimbabwe.
The five-match series will commence on July 6, a week after the conclusion of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
India’s squad for the Zimbabwe tour features only two players — Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson — from their T20 World Cup 2024 squad.
The squad features four players from India’s travelling reserves for the ongoing mega event, including Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Avesh Khan and Khaleel Ahmad.
Besides familiar names, India also named four uncapped players Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Riyan Parag, and Tushar Deshpande at the back of their brilliant performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.
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Meanwhile, young all-rounder Tilak Varma, who also had an impressive run in the IPL 2024, failed to make a cut in the Indian squad.
According to the details, Verma, who has represented India in 16 T20 internationals since his debut in August last year, is recovering from a left-hand injury, which he sustained ahead of Mumbai Indians’ last game in IPL 2024.
Avesh, Deshpande, Mukesh Kumar and Khaleel will form India’s pace attack while Nitish Reddy, who had an impressive season for Sunrisers Hyderabad, will serve as another pace-bowling action.
Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar will lead the spin attack with Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma as part-time options.
India’s squad for T20I series against Zimbabwe: Ꮪhubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Nitish Reddy, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande.
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