New Delhi. The Indian squad for the tour of Zimbabwe during the T20 World Cup has been announced. The Indian team will tour Zimbabwe in July. 5 T20 matches will be played in this tour. BCCI has changed almost the entire Indian team for the Zimbabwe tour. The squad to Zimbabwe will have only two members of the T20 World Cup squad. These two members are Sanju Samson and Yashaswi Jaiswal.
Abhishek Sharma and Ryan Parag got the award
BCCI has handed over the captaincy of the Indian team for the tour of Zimbabwe to Shubman Gill. The vice captain of the team has not been announced. Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ryan Parag and Tusshar Deshpande have been included in the Indian team for the first time. All these four players performed brilliantly in IPL 2024. Since then, there was a demand to include all four in Team India.
Rohit-Kohli, Pant-Pandya rested
Looking at the players that have been given a chance by the Indian selectors, it shows that they are building the team of the future. 13 of the 15 players in the Indian T20 World Cup squad have been rested. Including Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dubey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Sanju Samson-Chance for success
Sanju Samson and Yashaswi Jaiswal, the only two players in India’s T20 World Cup squad, have been selected for the Zimbabwe tour. Coincidentally, Sanju and Yashaswi are the two players who did not find a place in the Indian playing XI for the World Cup.
Indian Team: Shubman Gill (capt), Yashshwi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Ryan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Khalil Ahmed, Tusshar Deshpande.
Tags: ICC T20 World Cup, India vs Zimbabwe, Shubman Gill, T20 World Cup, Team India
First published: June 24, 2024, 18:38 IST