BCCI announces Indian squad for T20I series against Australia, SKY will take charge

Shreyas Iyer will join the side as vice-captain for the final two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru.

India will play the five-match T20I series against Australia (Photo: Twitter)

New Delhi: The men’s selection committee announced the squad for the upcoming IDFC First Bank 5-match T20I series against Australia, scheduled to start on November 23, 2023, in Visakhapatnam.

Indian team: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.

Note: Shreyas Iyer will join the squad as vice-captain for the final two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru.

Sanju Samson once again failed to make it to India’s squad as the Rajasthan Royals captain was once again ignored by the selectors.

Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad has been appointed as vice-captain for the series against the newly crowned ODI champions as the hosts picked just three players from the recent World Cup squad – Prasidh Krishna, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar himself.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 20, 2023

All the big players in Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and the big three pacers in Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami and Mohammed Siraj are all rested.

It was earlier reported that Hardik Pandya, who suffered an ankle injury during the Bangladesh match at the 2023 ICC World Cup, will miss this particular series. As a result, he did not make the selection. He is expected to return to action on the South African tour next month.

The Men in Blue come into the series on the back of a 2023 ICC World Cup loss at the hands of the Aussies.