India have announced a 15 member squad for the upcoming T20 internationals against Zimbabwe starting July 6.
The team will be captained by Shubman Gill. The likes of Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag and Tushar Deshpande receive their maiden T20 call up following their impressive performance in the recently concluded IPL
Rinku Singh, Avesh Khan and Khaleel Ahmed who are currently in reserves for the ongoing T20 World Cup, have been included in the set up. The Men in Blue will playing five T20 internationals against Zimbabwe on 6, 7, 10, 13 and 14 July respectively.
Dhruv Jurel has also been picked as the second wicketkeeper along with Sanju Samson.
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Nitish Reddy has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 internationals against Zimbabwe due to injury and will be replaced by Shivam Dube.
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The BCCI has named a revised squad for the first two T20 internationals against Zimbabwe starting July 6.
Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana have been named as replacements for the first two T20 internationals in place of Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who will return to India with the rest of the T20 World cup winning squad.
Squad for the first two T20 internationals
Shubman Gill (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma (wk) & Harshit Rana
India’s T20I squad for T20I series vs Zimbabwe
Ꮪhubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Nitish Reddy, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar & Tushar Deshpande.