Mumbai: Rohit Sharma captain, Kohli rested, Team India announced for T20 series against New Zealand
Mumbai/Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Team India for the upcoming T20 series against New Zealand. The selection committee has announced a 15-man squad for the series. Rohit Sharma has been given the command of the team. Along with this, the India-A team for the upcoming South Africa tour has also been announced. After this, Virat Kohli will be seen leading the Indian team in the Test and ODI series.
Star opener KL Rahul will be the vice-captain of the team. Venkatesh Iyer and Harshal Patel will be the new faces in the team. Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has returned to the team. The three-match T20 series between India and New Zealand will be played from November 17. The first match will be played on November 17, the second on 19 and the third on November 21. Four veterans of Team India have been rested for the T20 series. It has Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami. Apart from these, all-rounder Hardik Pandya has also not been selected in the team. It is believed that Hardik Pandya’s poor fitness has become the reason for his non-selection. At the same time, leg-spinner Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakraborty have been discharged from the team.
Even before the start of T20 World Cup 2021, Kohli had said that this would be his last tournament as T20 captain. There are 6 batsmen, 2 wicketkeepers, 3 spinners and 5 fast bowlers in the team. Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Rituraj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer will show their strength in batting. At the same time, Axar Patel, R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal will handle the spin. Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel and Mohammad Siraj will be responsible for the fast bowling. Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan will be the two wicket-keepers of the team.
Team India entered the T20 World Cup as a strong contender for the title but fell behind with early setbacks against Pakistan and New Zealand. Then India won three consecutive Super-12 rounds, but then its journey from the semi-finals came to an end.
India’s T20 squad against New Zealand:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (VC), R Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, R Pant (WC), Ishan Kishan (WC), Venkatesh Iyer, Y Chahal, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar , D Chahar, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj.
India A team for South Africa tour :
Priyank Panchal (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Baba Aparajith, Upendra Yadav (WK), K Gautam, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik, Ishan Porel and Arjan Nagwaswala.
