Suryakumar named India's captain for 5-match T20I series against Australia, starting 23 November
ALSO READ: PM Modi consoles Mohammed Shami at dressing room, bowler says, 'We will bounce back' The BCCI said that Hardik Pandya will miss out due to an ankle injury that he sustained during the Cricket World Cup league stage match against Bangladesh. For the series, Shreyas Iyer will join the squad as vice-captain for the last two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru.
While for the first three T20Is, Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the deputy of Suryakumar. This time, Sanju Samson did'not find a place in the squad.
While Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, and Jitesh Sharma – part of India's gold-medal winning team at the Asian Games in Hangzhou – are also in the squad. Among the players, featured in the Cricket World Cup this year and are in the squad are Suryakumar, Shreyas, Ishan Kishan and pacer Prasidh Krishna .
The seniors Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami are not in the team. Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
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