Team India T20 Squad: A 3-match T20 series is to be played between India and Afghanistan from January 11. Indian selectors have announced a 16-member team for this series. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have returned to the T20 team after 14 months. But some players have also been dropped from the T20 team. At the same time, some players have also been given rest.
These players were exempted from T20 team
Indian selectors have not included Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan and Deepak Chahar in the team for the T20 series to be played against Afghanistan. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were part of the T20 team on the recent South Africa tour, but were not included in the playing 11. At the same time, Deepak Chahar was out of the tour due to personal reasons. On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja has also not been included in the team. He was the vice-captain of the Indian T20 team against South Africa.
These players are out of the team due to injury
Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Suryakumar Yadav are also not part of this team. Yakwad suffered a finger injury during the second ODI against South Africa in Port Elizabeth on 19 December. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav also got injured during the last match of the T20 series. Apart from these, Hardik Pandya has also not been selected in this squad, who was out of the team due to injury in the middle of World Cup 2023. Apart from these players, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj has also not got a place, it is believed that he has been given rest.
Indian team for T20 series against Afghanistan
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh. , Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
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