BCCI on Saturday announced the 19-man squad for the five-match T20 series against England, which will be played in Ahmedabad from March 12. Youngsters Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Rahul Tewatia were picked in the team.
Here’s the full squad –
Virat Kohli (Captain)
Rohit Sharma (vice-captain)
KL Rahul
Shikhar Dhawan
Shreyas Iyer
Suryakumar Yadav
Hardik Pandya
Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper)
Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper)
Yuzvendra Chahal
Varun Chakravarthy
Axar Patel
Washington Sundar
Rahul Tewatia
T Natarajan
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Deepak Chahar
Navdeep Saini
Shardul Thakur.
Yadav, who gave consistent performances for Mumbai in domestic cricket as well as Mumbai Indians in the IPL, finally made it to the team along with his MI teammate Kishan, who will be second stumper in the side along with Risabh Pant.
Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav and Manosh Pandey have been dropped while pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been rested.