India has included Shahbaz Ahmed in the squad for the ODI series against Zimbabwe in place of Washington Sundar. Sundar has been ruled out of this series due to injury. Shahbaz has done well in domestic games. He is a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He has joined the Indian team for the first time.
Shahbaz plays for the Bengal team in domestic games. He has also played for India A. But now, for the first time, a call has come from the Indian team. Shahbaz is an orthodox slow left-arm pitcher. He plays on the team as an all-rounder. If we look at his career in domestic cricket, he has been effective. Shahbaz has scored 1,041 runs in 29 innings of first-class matches. During this he has scored a century and 7 half centuries. Along with this, he has also taken 57 wickets.
Shahbaz has played 26 games on List A. In this one he has scored 662 runs. Alongside this, he has scored two centuries and two half centuries. He has taken 24 wickets in this format. Shahbaz has played 29 IPL matches. In this, he has scored 279 runs and has taken 13 wickets.
KL Rahul (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Pranand Krishna, Mohammad Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Shahbaz Ahmed .
UPDATE: Shahbaz Ahmed replaces the injured Washington Sundar for the Zimbabwe series.
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