New Delhi: Team India has reached in Zimbabwe for the five-match T20I series against the host nation. Shubman Gill is the captain and National Cricket Academy (NCA) head VVS Laxman will be the head coach of the team for the series.
The team received a warm welcome as they landed in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, July 3. In a video shared by Zimbabwe Cricket on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Laxman and his support staff could be seen coming from the arrivals gate along with the 15-member squad.
𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝟐𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 🇮🇳 ! 🤗#ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/Oiv5ZxgzaS
— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) July 2, 2024
Notably, a young squad is selected for the tour as the senior members were given a rest from the series. Only three players from the World Cup-winning team are part of Zimbabwe’s tour but the team is stuck in Barbados and yet to arrive in India.
BCCI already announced the replacement of the three players for the first two T20Is. Harshit Rana, Jitesh Sharma and Sai Sudharsan replaced Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube and Sanju Samson in the squad.
Harshit Rana had a sensational IPL 2024 season with the title-winning team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He picked up 19 wickets from 11 innings at an economy rate of 9.08. Sai Sudharsan also had a great season with Gujarat Titans (GT), scoring 527 runs in 12 matches at an average of 47.91.
Explosive batter Abhishek Sharma and all-rounder Riyan Parag also received their maiden India call-up after a brilliant IPL 2024 campaign. Abhishek scored 484 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 204. While Parag scored 573 runs in 15 matches at an average of 52.09.
India’s squad for 1st & 2nd T20I against Zimbabwe
Shubman Gill (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Harshit Rana.
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