Team India has been announced for the T20 series against England. 5 T20 matches are to be played between India and England from January 22, for which this squad was selected on Saturday, January 11. The biggest news in this was the return of star fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who was away from international cricket for the last one year. Although there are some players who have performed brilliantly in recent times but despite this they did not get a place in the team. A big name in this is that of star batsman Shreyas Iyer, who won two big T20 tournaments in the country under his captaincy in the last 6-7 months.

Shreyas Iyer

Last year was great for middle order star batsman Shreyas Iyer in terms of T20 cricket. Under his captaincy, Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 2024 title. Then at the end of the year, he also made Mumbai win the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy (SMAT) under his captaincy. Also, in the IPL mega auction, Punjab bought him for Rs 26.75 crore. Despite this, he did not return to the Indian T20 team. Iyer scored 345 runs in 8 innings in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where his average was 49.28 and strike rate was 188.52.

Rajat Patidar

Rajat Patidar, who has shown his explosive batting skills in the IPL, once again failed to make a place in the T20 International team. Patidar's neglect also raises questions because not only did he perform brilliantly in the last IPL but he also captained Madhya Pradesh in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy and took the team to the finals. Patidar had scored 5 half-centuries in the entire tournament including the final and scored 428 runs at a strike rate of 186.

Shivam Dubey

Shivam Dubey, who returned to Team India on the basis of his explosive batting in three consecutive IPL seasons and played a crucial inning of 27 runs in the T20 World Cup final, has also not returned. Dubey was out of the T20 series against Bangladesh due to injury but has not returned since then. Dubey had scored 151 runs in just 84 balls in 5 innings of SMAT.

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Chennai Super Kings in IPL and Maharashtra captain Rituraj Gaikwad in the domestic circuit have also not returned to the team. SMAT did not go well for Ruturaj and he could score only 130 runs in 5 innings, but before that he had scored 2 consecutive strong half-centuries on the Zimbabwe tour. Despite this, he was dropped from the team and has not been able to return since then.

Ishaan Kishan

Ishan Kishan, who was out of Team India at the end of 2023, has still not returned. Despite playing some good innings while returning to domestic cricket last year, Ishaan has failed to win the trust of the selection committee. Ishan recently scored 161 runs in 6 innings at a strike rate of 167 in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Riyan Parag

At the same time, Riyan Parag, who was seen cementing his place in Team India after the T20 World Cup, has also not returned yet. Ryan, who made his debut on the Zimbabwe tour last year, got injured after the T20 series against Bangladesh, after which he is completely away from cricket action. However, BCCI has not yet given any update on his fitness.

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