Indian squad for 5 match T20 series against Australia announced
The Indian team has been announced for the 5 T-20 match series against Australia. Suryakumar Yadav has been made the captain of this team, while experienced wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson has not got a chance.
In the team released on Monday, 3 players from the ODI World Cup team that ended a day earlier have got a place, these include Suryakumar, Ishan Kishan and Prasidh Krishna. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Bumrah and Jadeja have been rested. Whereas Shreyas Iyer has been made the vice-captain for the last 2 T20s. Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the vice captain in the first 3 matches.
The T-20 series against Australia starts from 23 November. The first match will be played in Visakhapatnam. This series will end on December 3 in Bengaluru.
A day earlier, the Australian team had defeated India by 6 wickets in the final match of the ODI World Cup 2023. The Aussies team has won the ODI World Cup title for the sixth time.
Unbeaten in 13 T-20 series on home ground
The Indian team has not lost the last 13 T-20 series on its home grounds. The team’s last defeat was against Australia in 2019. Then the Kangaroo team had made a clean sweep in the 2-match series.
India’s T20 squad for series against Australia
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rituraj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan. And Mukesh Kumar.
Australia T20 squad for series against India
Matthew Wade (captain), Jason Behrendorff, Sean Abbott, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Tanvir Sangha, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
