Suryakumar Yadav will captain India after he was named in the 15-man T20I squad for their series against which will start on November 23.
In-form middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer will join the squad as vice-captain for the last two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru.
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India T20I squad for series against Australia
Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
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Suryakumar Yadav to captain India T20I side for series against Australia
The Mumbai Indian star, who was an integral part of India's 2023 Cricket World Cup squad, has been named the leader of the Indian team for the upcoming T20I series against Australia.
Only three players - Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Prasidh Krishna - from India's squad at the recently concluded Cricket World Cup have named in the 15-man for the upcoming series.
Jaspirt Bumrah, who led the Indian team in their last T20I series against Ireland in August, has been rested.
Sanju Samson misses out on the Indian squad
After being overlooked in India's Asia Cup 2023 and the ODI Cricket World Cup squads, the Kerala-born Rajasthan Royals star wicket-keeper batsman missed out on the Indian squad yet again.
In the Ireland series, Samson played two games for India where he scored 41 runs.
India vs Australia T20I series 2023 schedule
|
Match |
Date |
Match |
Venue |
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1 |
23rd November |
1st T20I |
Visakhapatnam |
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2 |
26th November |
2nd T20I |
Thiruvananthapuram |
|
3 |
28th November |
3rd T20I |
Guwahati |
|
4 |
1st December |
4th T20I |
Raipur |
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5 |
3rd December |
5th T20I |
Bengaluru |
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