The BCCI selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, announced the Indian squad for the upcoming T20I series against Bangladesh on Saturday, September 28. Notably, Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad have been excluded from the 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match series. at home.
The BCCI has announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming T20I series. The selectors retained eight players from the previous series against Sri Lanka. Suryakumar Yadav will continue as captain while several players were rested to prepare for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand.
Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad excluded from India team
Ishan Kishan has been out of the national cricket team since 2023. Kishan quit the Test tour of South Africa in 2023 midway, citing mental fatigue. He played for India C in the recent Duleep Trophy 2024. The left-hander finished the series with 134 runs in four innings at an average of 33.50.
The Jharkhand-born cricketer has played 32 T20I matches for the national cricket team. The left-handed batsman has scored 796 runs at an average of 25.67. The selectors backed Sanju Samson and Jitesh Sharma over Kishan for the wicketkeeper-batsman role in the absence of rested Rishabh Pant.
The selectors also rested openers Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal for the T20I series against Bangladesh. Ruturaj Gaikwad missed out on selection despite the absence of regular starters in the squad. The Chennai Super Kings captain’s exclusion from the second-tier team surprised fans and experts.
Revealed: Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad left out of India team
Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad have been selected for the Rest of India squad for the 2024 Iran Trophy match against Mumbai. The match is scheduled to be held from October 1 to 5 in Lucknow. Gaikwad will captain the Rest of India team in this much-awaited domestic red-ball clash.
Ishan Kishan has been named as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the Rest of India squad along with Dhruv Jurel. Kishan has a golden opportunity to revive his red-ball career after being dropped from a recent Test series. The young batsman will compete with Jurel and Rishabh Pant for a place in the Test team.
With the announcement of the Rest of India squad, it became clear that Kishan and Gaikwad would not be part of India’s squad for the upcoming T20I series against Bangladesh. The Iran Trophy match will conclude on October 5, just a day before the T20I series begins on October 6 in Gwalior.
Rest of India Squad for Iran Cup: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vc), B Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, Ricky Bhui, Shashwat Rawat, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Chahar.
India Team for Bangladesh T20I: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav
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