The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced the Indian males’s squad for the upcoming ODI collection towards Zimbabwe, beginning August 18 in Harare. All-rounder Washington Sundar and speedster Deepak Chahar have returned to the ODI setup.
Notably, each Sundar and Deepak final performed an ODI through the residence collection towards West Indies earlier this yr. Chahar had picked up a hamstring harm and has since been present process rehab on the NCA in Bengaluru.
Similarly, Sundar suffered an harm to his bowling hand throughout IPL 2022 and subsequently couldn’t play the video games towards South Africa, Ireland and England. However, he made his comeback in aggressive cricket after signing up with Lancashire for the County season.
The squad doesn’t function huge stars like common captain Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja, most likely attributable to Asia Cup, which begins 5 days after the Zimbabwe tour. As a end result, senior opener Shikhar Dhawan will as soon as once more step as much as lead the Men in Blue.
Another notable choice within the 15-member outfit is top-order batter Rahul Tripathi, who has acquired his first ever call-up to the ODI squad. The right-handed batter had lately acquired his maiden India call-up for India’s tour of Ireland however didn’t get a recreation and remains to be uncapped throughout codecs.
India Squad for Zimbabwe ODIs:
Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar.