The young indian team is going to play a series of 5 t20 matches against Zimbabwe. The competitions will start on July 6. india defeated south africa in the t20 world cup final in the west indies on june 29. india won the icc t20 world cup after almost 17 years. Currently, the young indian team is going to play a 5-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. This will be the first t20 match for the indian team after the retirement of legendary players Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and ravindra Jadeja. This team will be led by Shubman Gill. And since rahul dravid has retired from coaching, VVS Laxman will be the head coach of this young team.
Earlier VVS Laxman has also coached the indian cricket team for some series in the past. rahul Dravid's tenure as the head coach of the indian cricket team for the last 3 years ended on june 29. VVS Laxman has been appointed as the coach for this series while gautam gambhir is said to be taking over as the new head coach. VVS Laxman was seen with the indian team when bcci shared the photos of the indian team traveling to Zimbabwe. Also, players like abhishek Sharma and Ryan Barrack who played well in IPL have also joined the indian team.
Of the 15 players who played in the 2024 t20 world cup, 13 have been rested from the tour. Yashvi jaiswal and sanju samson, who have not played a single match in the world cup squad, have been included in the zimbabwe series. Nitish reddy was also included in the initial squad for the tour of zimbabwe but was later dropped due to injury. shivam dube was included in the team in his place. Shubman Gill, Avesh Khan, Rinku Singh, and Khalil ahmed were selected as reserves for the t20 world cup but were not included in the 15-man squad. In this case, Gill, Rinku, Avesh, and Khalil have been placed in the zimbabwe series.India squad for tour of Zimbabwe: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashshwi jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, sanju samson (wicketkeeper), dhruv Jural (wicketkeeper), Ryan Barrack, Washington Sundar, ravi Bishnoi, Gilv Aw Ahmed, mukesh Kumar, Tusshar Deshpande, shivam Dube.
Zimbabwe squad against India: Sikandar Raza (captain), Faraz Akram, Brian Bennett, Jonathan Campbell, Tendai Satara, Luke Zhangwe, Innocent Kaia, Clive Madante, Wesley Mathewere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakatsa, brandon Mauda, Blessing. Andham Naqvi, richard Ngarawa, Milton Shumba.
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