IND vs BAN: India has already announced the squad for the shortest format of white-ball cricket against the visiting Bangladesh side, the World Cup-winning all-rounder, Shivam Dube has been ruled out as a major setback to the Indian side.
However, the young and promising middle-order batter, Tilak Varma has been drafted in as the new inclusion to the side, after his promising setup in the Duleep Trophy.
Shivam Dube suffered a major setback in February, which ruled him out of the game for long before he returned, to be a regular in India’s setup. He starred in the World Cup for India as well, and since his comeback, he has been a good scorer for them with the bat with a promising 377 runs in 23 games, striking at nearly 126.93. His role has been inevitable with his short yet useful cameos in the World Cup-winning Indian side’s race to the title.
The replaced player, Tilak Varma has played 16 matches for India, making his debut against the same Afghan side in January this year. Though Dube mostly can have a role to play with both the bat and ball, Tilak who is a better batter can also bowl decent part-time off-spin.
India’s New T20I Squad vs Bangladesh: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, JItesh Sharma (wk).
Probable Changes to India’s Starting 11: Tilak Varma might feature in the middle-order replacing the likes of Shivam Dube, while Nitish Kumar Reddy might also be looking to make his debut as Dube has now been ruled out due to a back injury.
Opening Batters: Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson (wk)
Middle-order Batters: Suryakumar Yadav [C], Riyan Parag, Tilak Varma
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya and Nitish Kumar Reddy
Bowlers: Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
