Shivam Dubey was dropped from the Zimbabwe tour, overnight Agarkar sent this player to Zimbabwe in his place

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|05-07-2024

Shivam Dubey: After the announcement of retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja, Team India, consisting of young players, is currently on a five-match T20I series Zimbabwe Tour.

Indian Premier League (IPL) team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) player Shivam Dube, who was selected as an all-rounder in the T20 World Cup team, has been dropped from the Zimbabwe tour. Team India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar has given this player a chance in place of Dube on the Zimbabwe tour.

Ajit Agarkar gave chance to this player in place of Shivam Dube

Shivam Dubey
Shivam Dubey

Three players from the 15-member T20 World Cup team were included in the team selected for the five T20I series against Zimbabwe. Yashasvi Jaiswal, wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson and Shivam Dubey were included in this list. These three players were to leave for Zimbabwe from the West Indies. However, due to bad weather, these three players had to return home from Barbados instead of Zimbabwe.

Harshit Rana got a chance for the first two matches

In such a situation, Sai Sudarshan has been given a chance in place of Yashasvi Jaiswal, wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma in place of Sanju Samson and KKR fast bowler Harshit Rana in place of Shivam Dubey. Harshit Rana has been selected for the first two matches. After this, Shivam Dubey, IPL team Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson and opener batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal will leave India for Zimbabwe and will join Team India before the third match.

Shubman Gill to be captain of Team India

After Rohit Sharma's retirement from the shortest format of cricket, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill has been given the responsibility of captaining Team India for the Zimbabwe tour. However, Shubman Gill does not have a long experience of captaincy. Despite this, it is being speculated that Shubman Gill is also included in the race for Team India's T20I captaincy along with Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant.

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