Team India announces for Zimbabwe tour: Shubman Gill to captain for the first time in T20, 5-match series to start from July 6

The Indian team is currently playing in the T20 World Cup.

Mumbai: The Indian team has been announced for the Zimbabwe tour to be held next month. The BCCI announced a 15-member squad on Monday. The team will play a series of five T20 matches at Harare Sports Club from July 6 to July 14.

Shubman Gill, who was a traveling reserve in the T20 World Cup, was made the captain of the Indian team, although the board has not announced the name of the vice captain. Shubman Gill has become the overall 46th captain of India. At the same time, he is the 14th captain of the Indian team in the T20 format.

The Indian team last toured Zimbabwe in 2022. The team played a series of three ODIs. The team won all three matches and captured the series 3-0. The last T20 series played by India was against Zimbabwe in 2016, where Team India won 2-1.

He captained the Gujarat Titans in the last season of the IPL, although his team was eliminated from the league round of last season. Gill was made captain by Gujarat after trading Pandya.

The selectors have given a chance to Nitish Kumar Reddy, who plays for IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. He has been selected for Team India for the first time. He has been a part of India’s B team. Nitish scored 303 runs in 13 matches for the Sunrisers last season. He has also scored two fifties. Not only this, he also took three wickets. He has scored 6363 runs in 275 IPL matches at a strike rate of 142.92. Nitish has 42 and a half centuries to his name.

The Indian team is currently playing in the T20 World Cup. The team’s last Super 8 match is against Australia on Monday. The Indian team is undefeated in the World Cup so far.

This is the Indian team: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, and Tushar Deshpande. .