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The BCCI announced the Indian squad for the Zimbabwe tour on Monday. A series of five T20 matches will be played between the two teams from July 6. The 15-member Indian team will be led by star batsman Shubman Gill. Senior players playing T20 World Cup 2024 have been rested. The names of captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav are included in this list. Many cricket fans were upset when 24-year-old Gill was made the captain. Fans say that Ruturaj Gaikwad or Sanju Samson should have got the captaincy instead of Gill. These two will also be seen playing in the Zimbabwe series.
One user commented, “Rituraj should be made captain instead of Gill.” Another user wrote, “Sanju Samson should be given the captaincy as he has more experience.” Gill.”However, many said that the right decision was taken keeping the future in mind. Let us tell you that Samson has been leading Rajasthan Royals in IPL for a long time. Gill has been the captain of Gujarat Titans for just one season. On the other hand, Rituraj has the experience of captaining an Indian team apart from captaining Chennai Super Kings for one season. Under his captaincy, India won the gold medal in the Asian Games 2023.
There are many new faces in the Indian squad for the Zimbabwe tour. Abhishek Sharma, Ryan Parag, Nitish Reddy and Tusshar Deshpande have been included in the Indian team for the first time. Abhishek and Parag batted well in IPL 2024. Punjab batsman Abhishek scored 484 runs for Sunrisers Hyderabad while Parag scored 573 runs for Rajasthan Royals. Harshit Rana was also selected due to his good performance in IPL. Avesh Khan and Gill T20 World Cup He was one of the reserve players who were released after the group stage matches.
India Squad for Zimbabwe T20 Series: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashshwi Jaiswal, Rituraj Gaekwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurrell (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Ryan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khalil Kumar Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar. , Tushar Deshpande.