T20 Series: Young Team India To Face Zimbabwe Today
- By Thetripurapost Desk, Harare
- Jul 06, 2024
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After the end of T20 World Cup 2024, now all eyes are on the T20 series between India and Zimbabwe. The first match between the two teams will be played on 6 July at Harare Sports Club Stadium.
Senior Indian players have been given rest from the series against Zimbabwe. At the same time, the responsibility of captaincy has been given to Shubman Gill. Young players who performed well in IPL and domestic cricket have got a chance in the team.
The Indian team that has been selected for the first and second T20 matches against Zimbabwe. Not a single player among them has played a T20I match against Zimbabwe. In such a situation, the playing eleven of Team India that will take the field for today's match will make its debut in T20I against Zimbabwe and will play its first match.
Washington Sundar is the most experienced player in Team India, who has played 43 T20 International matches.
Indian Squad:
Shubman Gill (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana.
A total of 8 T20 International matches have been played between India and Zimbabwe so far, out of which the Indian team has won 6. On the other hand, Zimbabwe has won only two matches. The last match between the two teams was played in 2022. Then the Indian team won by 71 runs.
The Indian team has recently won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Shivam Dubey, who were part of the T20 World Cup title-winning team, will join the Indian team in the third T20 International match. For some time now, Team India has performed very explosively in T20I cricket.
In such a situation, young Shubman Gill will have a big responsibility to prove himself as a captain. He has not captained the Indian team in international cricket before this