Here's a detailed look at how India's playing XI will look in the first t20 against Zimbabwe. Team india has put an end to the 11-year wait for the ICC trophy by winning the icc t20 World Cup. Rohit, Kohli, Jadeja have announced their retirement from t20 internationals. Now they can only be seen in the Test and ODI arenas. With this, it seems that the indian t20 team will be completely dominated by young players. Hardik, Axar, rishabh pant, Suryakumar, and bumrah may not go to international t20 cricket for some time. As the ICC Champions Trophy and ICC World Test championship will be held next year, the young indian team will be given a chance in all international t20 series to reduce the workload.
In that regard, the indian team is currently touring Zimbabwe. india will play a 5-match T20I series against zimbabwe from July 6 to July 14. All the matches will be held at the Harare sports Club ground, the capital city of Zimbabwe. The matches will be telecast at 4.30 PM IST. It can be watched live on sony sports Channel on tv and the SonyLive OTT platform.
Currently, the indian team led by Shubman Gill is touring there. Young batsmen like Ruturaj Gaikwad, abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, and Ryan Barak are featured throughout. Sai Sudarsan and Jitesh have been included for the first two matches only. Yashaswi Jaiswal, sanju samson, and Dube have been included in the other two matches. washington sundar has been included in the indian team after a long time. The fast bowlers include Avesh Khan, Khalil Ahmed, mukesh Kumar, and Tusshar Deshpande. Harshit Rana has been included for the first two matches only. ravi Bishnoi is the spinner. dhruv Jurel will be the wicketkeeper batsman. Jitesh Sharma will be there for the first two matches and sanju samson for the last three matches.
What is the indian team's plan?
Looking at this, Shubman Gill and abhishek Sharma are likely to open in the indian team in the first two matches. After the action-packed opening, the batting line-up will be extended like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ryan Barak, Rinku Singh, dhruv Jurel, and Washington Sundar. In this, Ryan Barrack and abhishek Sharma will give a couple of overs in spin. washington sundar - ravi Bishnoi will be the main spinners. Washington will also bowl in the powerplay overs.
Three other main fast bowlers will be in the squad. Left-arm fast bowlers Khalil Ahmed, mukesh Kumar, and Tusshar Deshpande will feature. If Khalil-Deshpande-Washington Sundar bowls the powerplay overs, Bishnoi and Sundar will contribute in the middle overs. mukesh Kumar will come to bowl after the 12th over. Along with mukesh, Deshpande and Khalil will also lend a hand in the deathovers.
Team india Playing XI (Prediction)
Shubman Gill (captain), abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ryan Barrack, Rinku Singh, dhruv Jurel, washington sundar, ravi Bishnoi, Khalil Ahmed, mukesh Kumar, Tusshar Deshpande.
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