Suryakumar Yadav Named As Captain In India Squad For Australia T20Is

India have announced their squad for the five-match T20I series against Australia starting on November 23. Here is India’s full squad for the Australia T20Is.

After suffering a heartbreaking loss to Australia in the 2023 World Cup final, India will now face the same opponent in the shortest format of five consecutive matches.

The first match will be played in Visakhapatnam on November 23, followed by Thiruvananthapuram (November 26), Guwahati (November 28), Raipur (December 1) and Bengaluru ( Four more games will be played on December 3rd.

Australia announced their squad for this series midway through the World Cup and will be led by wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade. Several members of the World Cup winning team will also be participating in his T20I series.

India squad for Australia T20Is

India announced their squad today (November 20), a day after the World Cup final. Suryakumar Yadav was named the captain while Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Hardik were not selected for his panjas.

While Rohit and Rahul have played a long World Cup, Pandya is yet to fully recover from the injury he sustained during the World Cup.

Ruturaj Gaikwad has been appointed as Yadav’s substitute for the first three matches, while Shreyas Iyer will take over the role for the last two available T20Is.

Only four players from the World Cup squad have been selected for the T20I series, including Iyer, who is available for only the last two matches.

Indians – Kader: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc – first 3 matches), Shreyas Iyer (vc – last 2 matches), Ishan Kishan (week), Yashasvi Jaiswar, Tilakvarma. , Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar.

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