New Delhi. The Indian cricket team for the India-Zimbabwe T20 series has been announced. BCCI has given special importance to IPL 2024 while selecting this team. The Indian selectors have given a chance to youngsters who performed well in IPL 2024, but were not selected in the T20 World Cup squad. Such players include Abhishek Sharma, Ryan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Tusshar Deshpande.
Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy play for the same team Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL. Both of them are also cricket all-rounders. Abhishek Sharma is a cricketer in the style of Indian legend Yuvraj Singh, who bats fast and also bowls left-arm spin. Yuvraj Singh also played an important role in improving Abhishek Sharma’s game. Abhishek plays for Punjab in domestic cricket. Yuvraj Singh also played only for Punjab.
Abhishek Sharma scored 484 runs at an average of 32.26 in 16 matches in IPL 2024. He scored these runs at a strike rate of 204.21 and that is why there was talk of him being selected as an opener in Team India. Abhishek also took 2 wickets by bowling left arm spin.
Nitish will play the role of an all-rounder
Nitish Reddy has also entered Team India for the first time. Nitish bowls pace and bat in the top order. On the Zimbabwe tour, Nitish will be expected to deliver the same performance that Hardik Pandya is doing in the T20 World Cup. Nitish scored 303 runs in 13 matches in IPL 2024 and also took 3 wickets.
Indian T20 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, Indian Cricket Team, T20 World Cup, Team India
First published: June 24, 2024, 19:56 IST