Delhi: Indian cricket selectors have announced Team India for the five-match T20 International series against England. This series will start from 22nd January. After this, an ODI series will be organized and then Team India will participate in the Champions Trophy 2025. The team is yet to be selected for the ODI series and Champions Trophy.
Veteran right-arm fast bowler Mohammed Shami is returning to the T20 team after a long wait of 13 months. He was out of the team due to injury since the ODI World Cup final in November 2023. After surgery, Shami has again made a place in the national team by performing brilliantly in domestic cricket. 34-year-old Shami last played in T20 format in November 2022.
Apart from him, explosive wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has not been selected in the T20 team. Young Dhruv Jurel has been given a chance in his place. Jurel will be the second wicketkeeper in the team after Sanju Samson. At the same time, all-rounders Shivam Dubey and Ramandeep Singh have been dropped from the team, while Nitish Kumar Reddy and Abhishek Sharma have retained their places.
India’s T20 team
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty and Washington Sundar.
T20 series schedule
- First match: 22 January – Kolkata
- Second match: 25 January – Chennai
- Third match: 28 January – Rajkot
- Fourth match: 31 January – Pune
- Fifth match: 2 February – Mumbai
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