The BCCI selection committee has announced the 15-member Team India for the Zimbabwe tour under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. Team India has to play a series of 5 T20 matches on the Zimbabwe tour, this series is very important for the Indian team, because the management has given a chance to young players under the captaincy of Shubman Gill in this series.

Ever since Team India has reached Zimbabwe, there has been a discussion on social media about the playing 11 of the first T20 match. If media reports are to be believed, Shubman Gill can make a big upset while preparing the playing 11 for the first match.

These players will not get a chance in the playing 11 of the first match

Team India is scheduled to play the first match of the 5-match series against Zimbabwe on 6 July at Harare ground from 04:30 pm Indian time.

It is being claimed in many media reports that the captain of Team India may consider excluding many big players while preparing the playing 11 of the Indian team. If media reports are to be believed, players like Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal may be shown the way out from the first match of the series against Zimbabwe.

Abhishek-Parag can debut for Team India

The first match of the series against Zimbabwe will be played on 6th July and many Indian players may be given a chance to debut in this match.

If media reports are to be believed, players like Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag may be given a chance to debut in this match by the management.

Both these players have emerged as the top performers of the last few domestic seasons and apart from this, the performance of both of them has also been very good in IPL 2024. Abhishek Sharma can be given a chance by the management as an opener while Riyan Parag can be given a chance as a batting all-rounder.

Team India's probable playing 11 for the first match against Zimbabwe

Shubman Gill (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Rituraj Gaikwad, Sai Sudarshan, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khalil Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar.