India vs Afghanistan T20 series
Team India T20 Squad: A three-match T20 series between India and Afghanistan is scheduled to be played from January 11. Indian selectors have announced a 16-member team for this series. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have returned to the T20 team after 14 months. But some players were also left out of the T20 team. At the same time, some players were also given a break.
These players were excluded from the T20 team
The Indian selectors have not included Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan and Deepak Chahar in the team for the T20 series to be played against Afghanistan. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were part of the T20 team on the recent tour of South Africa but were not included in the playing eleven. At the same time, Deepak Chahar pulled out of the tour due to personal reasons. On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja was also not included in the team. He was vice-captain of the Indian T20 team against South Africa.
These players left the team due to injuries
Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Suryakumar Yadav are also not part of this team. Yakwad suffered a finger injury during the second ODI against South Africa on December 19 in Port Elizabeth. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav also got injured in the last match of the T20 series. Apart from this, Hardik Pandya was also not named in this squad as he dropped out of the team midway through the 2023 World Cup due to injury. Apart from these players, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj also did not get a place and is believed to have been given rest.
Indian team for the T20 series against Afghanistan
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh . , Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
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