India’s Zimbabwe tour is starting from July 6. The Indian team has also been announced for this tour. The captaincy of the Indian team has been handed over to the excellent opening batsman Shubman Gill. A 5-match T20 series will be played in this tour.

Today, on July 2, the selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India have announced the replacement of three players for the first two matches of the five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe. Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana have been included in the team in place of Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the first two T20 matches.

Recently, the Indian team won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 trophy under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. After the end of this important tournament, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have retired from T20 cricket from the Indian team. This is the reason why the captaincy of the Indian team in the upcoming Zimbabwe series has been handed over to Shubman Gill.

Talking about Harshit Rana, he performed very well for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2024 and played an important role in his team’s victory. Sai Sudarshan also scored important runs for Gujarat Titans. Jitesh Sharma has also been very good in international T20 cricket and he can also be seen in the Indian playing XI in the first two T20 matches.

Here is the Indian squad for the first two T20 matches:

Shubman Gill (captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma, Harshit Rana.

The Indian team will definitely want to win the upcoming series as well. Sikandar Raza will captain the host team against India. Zimbabwe has also announced its team for the upcoming series.