After a historic triumph at T20 World Cup 2024, India is all set for its next game. The 2024 champions has jetted off for Zimbabwe on July 2, Tuesday to face Sikandar Raza and his men in a 5-match series. The T20I series will be starting from July 6.
The captain announced his retirement after the title trumph match on June 29 against South Africa. Now the question is
Who Will Lead Team India for T20 Zimbabwe Tour ?
The T20 World Cup 2024, witnessed three retirements. First Virat Kohli announced the retirement soon the match. Then captain, Rohit Sharma announced the retirement after match ceremony. And soon Ravindra Jadeja’s retirement followed.
After the much tiresome tournament, other senior players are given a much needed break. Shubham Gill will be leading the team of young boys at Zimbabwe. The coach, VVS Laxman has departed along with his squad along side the players like Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag. BCCI shared a post on Instagram,
Shubham Gill was also part of the reserve team of T20 World Cup squad but was allowed to leave the camp early. Rumors were he was thrown out by captain, Rohit Sharma over disciplinary issues.
Also, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube and Khaleel Ahmed, who are currently in Barbados with the T20 World Cup-winning India squad, could be expected to join the squad directly after they leave Barbados. Dube has entered the squad after Nitish Reddy, young all-rounder was unable to recover from the injury.
India’s squad for Zimbabwe tour: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande.
INDIA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE 2024 – SCHEDULE
All matches at Harare Sports Club from 1 pm local time
1st T20I on July 6, Saturday
2nd T20I on July 7, Sunday
3rd T20I on July 10, Wednesday
4th T20I on July 13, Saturday
5th T20I on July 14, Sunday
Tabinda Mir is a writer from Kashmir. She is an English Honours graduate and her interests primarily dwell in poetry and sports writing. She likes to cover Cricket as an avid fan. Apart from sports, her other publications include articles, poems and a letter to summer in the book titled, “Under The Summer Skies”.
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