These players will be playing in T20 for the first time under the leadership of Rohit
IND vs AFG 1st T20I Match: The three-match T20 series against Afghanistan begins on January 11. In this series, the command of Team India is in the hands of Rohit Sharma. He is returning to the T20I format after 14 months. In these 14 months, many young Indian players have had continuous opportunities in the T20 team. In this series too, the squad includes six such players who will be playing a T20 game for the first time under Rohit's leadership.
These players will be playing under the leadership of Rohit for the first time
Indian selectors have included 16 players in the Indian squad for the Afghanistan series. Of these, Shubhman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma and Mukesh Kumar are such players who have not played a single T20 match under Rohit's captaincy. All these players had made their debut in T20 form only last year.
Rohit's excellent figures as captain
Rohit Sharma has captained Team India in 51 T20 matches so far. Of these, Team India has won 39 games. The Indian team has won 76.47 percent of the games under captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma has scored 1527 runs in these games. As captain, he has also scored two centuries in T20Is and crossed the 50-run mark ten times. At the same time, he has played a total of 148 T20 matches for India. In these games he has scored 3853 runs which includes 4 centuries.
Indian team squad for the T20 series
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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