Ind vs Ban – Maiden call for Mayank Yadav as India name 15 new looks for Bangladesh T20Is

India has named a new 15-man squad for the three T20Is, which will be played between the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh and the Test series against New Zealand starting on October 16. Given their performance, the players who are part of the squad -India’s Test as Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel and Mohammed Siraj – all of whom were part of India’s recent T20I assignment in Sri Lanka – have been rested.

This has opened up a lot of space for new faces. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana, who were all part of the team that will travel to Zimbabwe in July, are back after missing the Sri Lanka tour. Jitesh will compete with Sanju Samson for the wicketkeeper position.

No vice-captain has been announced for the team which will be led by full-time T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav. Other regulars in the team include Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh and Arshdeep Singh.

The three T20Is will be played in Gwalior, Delhi and Hyderabad on October 6, 9 and 12 respectively.

India T20I squad for Bangladesh series

Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav