The Indian team has arrived in Zimbabwe for the upcoming T20i series. The five days T20i series will be held in Harare and will be starting from 6th july.
The Indian players were seen sharing photos on instagram stories before departing from India.
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T201 Indian team also includes three players from the T20l world cup winning team – Shivam Dube, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Sanju Samson.
However, these three players will first be flying back to india with the world cup winning team and then depart for Zimbabwe.
Bcci has also announced that Jitesh Sharma, B Sai Sudharsan and Harshit Rana will be filling in the places of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube. As the the World Cup Winner players wil be joining the Zimbabwe squad for last three games only.
Shubman Gill (C) is also said to be joining the indian squad in Zimbabwe directly from USA where he was seen vacationing following his release from the indian squad after the super eight’s.
Along with the shivam, yashasvi and sanju trio,
Rinku singh and khaleel Ahmed, who also flew with the world cup squad as reserves, will be seen in the T20l Zimbabwe series squad.
Rinku Singh and Khaleel Ahmed were supposed to join the Indian Team directly but hasn’t joined yet because of hurricane – Beryl that hit Barbados which led to the shut down of the airport.
With Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja retiring, this could be the perfect opportunity to see how the younger generation makes their way into the future.
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The Indian Squad for the T20I Zimbabwe Series.
Shubman Gill (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Jitesh Sharma, Sai Sudarshan, Abhishek Sharam, washington Sundar, Avesh Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi and Mukesh Kumar.