After the conclusion of the ongoing five-match T20I series against the West Indies team, India will travel to Ireland to face the European nation in a three-match shortest format series. The matches will take place at The Village in Dublin on Friday (August 18), Sunday (August 20), and Wednesday (August 23). India will have a new captain in the form of Jasprit Bumrah for the Ireland T20Is, where Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav aren’t going. Bumrah has not played any competitive match since September 25, 2022, and will make his long-awaited return against the Irish team, which has failed to qualify for the ODI World Cup 2023.
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Apart from Bumrah and Surya, there are six other players who are part of the ongoing T20I series against the two-time T20 World Cup winners, the West Indies, but will not be seen in action against Ireland.
Here’s a look at the complete list of changes in India’s T20I squad for the Ireland series from the West Indies T20Is:
OUT: T20I captain Hardik Pandya, his deputy Suryakumar Yadav, opening batter Shubman Gill, wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan, all-rounder Axar Patel, spinner duo Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, and pacer Umran Malik are among eight players who are part of the Indian squad for the T20I series against the West Indies but will not travel to Ireland for the three-match series.
IN: Star pacer Bumrah is back in the side after a gap of almost 11 months and will lead the team as well in the three T20Is. Along with him, Ruturaj Gaikwad is also back after missing out on a place in the Indian squad for the T20I series against the Men in Maroon. He will serve as Bumrah’s deputy. Apart from the duo, star spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar has also earned a T20I call-up along with Shivam Dube. Dube hasn’t played any matches for India since 2020 but is back after impressing with his show in the IPL 2023 for the Chennai Super Kings. Prasidh Krishna, Jitesh Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed, and IPL 2023 star Rinku Singh are four others who are included in the T20I squad. They are yet to make their T20I debut for the Indian cricket team.
RETAINED: Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, wicketkeeper Sanju Samson, spinner Ravi Bishnoi, and pacer trio Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, and Avesh Khan are seven players who managed to find places in both the squads and will travel to Ireland after the conclusion of the West Indies T20Is.
India’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Ireland: Jasprit Bumrah (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan
