A Shubman Gill-led India are currently battling world champion Australia in a three-match ODI series. With the series approaching its end, the T20I stars have left for the second leg of the tour, with
skipper Suryakumar Yadav sharing a picture from the airport while striking a pose with teammates Jasprit Bumrah, Shivam Dube, and Tilak Varma on Thursday.
India have named a 16-man squad for the five-match series that gets underway from October 29 in Canberra. Seven members of this squad, including Gill, are already in Australia as part of the touring party for the three ODIs.
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This will be the first time that India and Australia will lock horns in T20Is since their Super 8 meeting of last year’s World Cup in the Americas. Back then, India registered a 24-run win en route to their title-winning run.
Earlier this year, Suryakumar had overseen India’s victorious campaign at the Asia Cup in UAE as they won the tournament unbeaten. Eyes will be on the team’s newest batting star, Abhishek Sharma, whose player-of-the-tournament award-winning show at the Asia Cup has only raised expectations.
Also in focus will be pace spearhead Bumrah, who was rested from the ODI leg of the tour.
Sanju Samson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jitesh Sharma, and Rinku Singh are also part of the T20I series.
India’s T20I Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.
India Vs Australia T20I Schedule
- October 29: 1st T20I at Manuka Oval, Canberra.
- October 31: 2nd T20I at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.
- November 2: 3rd T20I at Bellerive Oval, Hobart Oval.
- November 6: 4th T20I at Bill Pippel Oval, Gold Coast.
- November 8: 5th T20I at The Gabba, Brisbane.
