The BCCI on Wednesday introduced the T20 squad for the impending 5-match West Indies collection with Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Verma getting his maiden name up within the Indian crew.
Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi additionally made comeback into the crew which will probably be led through captain Hardik Pandya with Suryakumar Yadav in as his deputy. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, alternatively, have no longer been integrated within the squad.
Varma has been a notable member of the Mumbai Indians facet for the previous two seasons and with a strike-rate of 142-plus in 47 video games, batting at No 5 has clearly attracted the nationwide variety panel’s, led through Ajit Agarkar, consideration.
Alert?: #TeamIndia’s squad for T20I collection in opposition to the West Indies introduced. https://t.co/AGs92S3tcz
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 5, 2023
Whilst KKR left-hander Rinku Singh has overlooked out, it used to be extra about no longer having a slot on the identical place, taking into account there will probably be Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Sanju Samson additionally within the middle-order.
Two gamers who’ve made global comebacks are pacer Avesh Khan and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.
The crew has 3 wrist spinners with Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal additionally being a part of the 15-member squad.
India’s T20I squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Surya Kumar Yadav (VC), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (C), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.