NEW DELHI: The 15-member Indian squad for the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe has been announced with key players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav being rested.
The series is set to commence on July 6 in Harare. The subsequent matches will take place on July 7, 10, 13, and 14, all of which will be played in Harare.
Shubman Gill
has been appointed captain in absence of regular skipper Rohit.
Nitish Reddy
,
Riyan Parag
,
Abhishek Sharma
and Tushar Deshpande has been rewarded for their IPL exploits with maiden national call-ups.
The upcoming series, which will be played without the services of key pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Arshdeep Singh, who have been given a well-deserved break.
In their absence, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan, who were part of the standby group for the T20 World Cup, have been included in the main squad.
Another notable inclusion is Rinku Singh, a talented batsman who was surprisingly omitted from the T20 World Cup squad for the tournaments held in the USA and West Indies. His selection comes as a relief to his supporters, who were disappointed by his earlier exclusion.
Squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), 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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