After completing the West Indies tour, the Indian team will embark on the tour of Ireland where the team will play a three-game T20 series. The first game of this tour will be played on August 18th. Where the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had already announced the team for this series. At the same time, hosts Ireland have also announced a 15-man squad with captaincy handed over to Paul Sterling.
Ireland’s team have already qualified for the T20 World Cup, hosted by the West Indies and America next year. In this series, the team will play with the World Cup in mind. Many older players were also rested in the Indian team.
Paul Stirling (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Joshua Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Lorken Tucker, Theo van Voorkom, Ben White, Craig Young.
In this three-game T20 series, the Indian side will be led by Jasprit Bumrah, who is about to return to the field after a lengthy recovery from a back injury. Additionally, Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma have also been added to Team India for this T20 series.
Jasprit Bumrah (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Vice-Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Famous Krishna, Arshdeep Singh , Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.
1. T20 – 18 August Dublin 7:30pm IST
2. T20 – 20 August Dublin 7:30pm IST
3. T20 – 23 August Dublin 7:30pm IST