Axar Patel: The Indian team has been announced for the 5-match T20 series against England starting from January 22. The command of the Indian team has been handed over to Suryakumar Yadav, while the vice-captain of the team has been handed over to Akshar Patel in place of Hardik Pandya. The Indian team is currently going through a phase of change and that is why Akshar Patel has been made the new vice-captain of Team India.

Although Indian fans are surprised to see Axar Patel as vice-captain in place of Hardik Pandya or Shubman Gill, but there is nothing surprising in it. Let us tell you why BCCI has chosen Akshar Patel as the vice-captain of T20 instead of Hardik Pandya or Shubman Gill.

Indian team's star all-rounder Axar Patel has been performing very well for some time. He has performed brilliantly from IPL 2024 to T20 World Cup 2024 and now BCCI has rewarded his performance by making him the next vice-captain of Team India.

Akshar Patel also played an important role in winning the T20 World Cup 2024. Akshar Patel had made everyone crazy with his all-round performance in the T20 World Cup 2024. He took 9 wickets in bowling and contributed 92 runs with the bat. Akshar Patel played an important role in India reaching a respectable score by playing an important inning of 47 runs in the final match.

Team India's squad for T20 series against England

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper)