India’s Jasprit Bumrah (L) celebrates with teammate Shubman Gill after taking the wicket of Australia’s Mitchell Marsh throughout the 2023 ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup one-day worldwide (ODI) ultimate match between India and Australia on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19, 2023. — AFP
Defending champions India named high order batter Shubman Gill and tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah of their Twenty20 squad on Tuesday for subsequent month’s Asia Cup within the United Arab Emirates.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and center order batter Shreyas Iyer, nevertheless, couldn’t make the minimize within the 15-member squad led by Suryakumar Yadav.
India’s take a look at captain Gill has not performed a T20 Worldwide since July final 12 months when he was Suryakumar’s deputy on the tour of Sri Lanka.
“That’s where we started a new cycle,” Suryakumar, who took over T20 captaincy from Rohit Sharma after India gained the 20-overs World Cup title final 12 months, instructed reporters.
“After that he got busy with all the test series and he didn’t get an opportunity to play T20s because he was busy playing test cricket and Champions Trophy.
“So he is there within the squad and we’re glad to have him.”
India also included Bumrah, whose workload has been a major concern for the team think-tank, which played him in three of the five tests in England earlier this year.
With three opening options in Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson — India could not accommodate Jaiswal.
“With regard to Yashasvi, it is simply unlucky once more,” chief selector Ajit Agarkar said.
“There’s Abhishek Sharma, what he is performed over the past 12 months or so, plus he can bowl a little bit bit, he offers us that choice if required.
“One of these guys was going to miss out, Yashasvi just has to wait for his chance.”
Samson and Jitesh Sharma are the 2 wicketkeepers within the aspect, which additionally consists of left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav.
India start their Group A marketing campaign in opposition to hosts United Arab Emirates in Dubai earlier than assembly arch-rivals Pakistan on the identical venue 4 days later.
India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson
