The return of Mohammed Shami was the most important information that got here out of the BCCI choice assembly for the India vs England five-T20I sequence that begins on January 22. Additionally, Jasprit Bumrah, who led India within the Perth and Sydney Take a look at of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has been rested for the forthcoming sequence towards the Three Lions. However there have been another surprises too.
Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Males in Blue within the five-match sequence, whereas, spinner Axar Patel would be the deputy of the 34-year-old. Hardik Pandya is within the squad however he has been ignored.
Children Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Dhruv Jurel have retained their place within the 20-over squad. Seamer Harshit Rana who was within the T20I squad towards South Africa however could not make it into the taking part in eleven has additionally been named within the 15-member lineup for the upcoming sequence.
One of many principal speaking factors shall be Shami’s inclusion within the Males in Blue squad. The 34-year-old seamer shall be donning the blue jersey after 2023.
Final yr, Shami returned to home cricket with Bengal after present process ankle surgical procedure that stored him sidelined for almost a yr. Shami had additionally been part of Bengal’s squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Shami had made a powerful comeback to aggressive cricket, having final featured within the ODI World Cup 2023 remaining. Following ankle surgical procedure and overcoming a sequence of setbacks, he returned to motion for Bengal in a Ranji Trophy match towards Madhya Pradesh in November.
Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Mohammed Shami shall be main the Indian seam armoury.
Whereas, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, and Washington Sundar shall be in control of the spin assault.
The five-match T20I sequence will kick off on January 22 in Kolkata. The second and third matches shall be held on January 25 and 28 in Chennai and Rajkot, respectively. The fourth sport of the sequence shall be performed on January 31 in Pune. Mumbai will host the ultimate match of the T20I sequence on February 2.
India’s squad for the T20I sequence towards England: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Sanju Samson (WK), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (VC), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (WK).
With ANI inputs
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