Shubman Gill will probably be chosen as the tour captain for Zimbabwe

Abhishek Sharma, the in-form opener for the Sunrisers, is also expected to be selected. Senior players are expected to be rested, and Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Rinku Singh, who were benched during the T20 World Cup, will likely be named

On July 6, a young side is expected to be led by 24-year-old opener Shubman Gill for the five T20 matches that make up the white-ball tour of Zimbabwe. It has been learned that the nucleus of the team competing in the T20 World Cup, which includes captain Rohit Sharma and player Virat Kohli, will take a holiday.

Prior to the arduous season, the senior selection committee recommended that Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya take a break.

Along with those who were benched for the T20 World Cup, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Rinku Singh, as well as in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tushar Deshpande, and Harshit Rana, will travel to Zimbabwe.

The Indian Express has been informed that the senior selection committee has selected a preliminary 20-man squad for the forthcoming series; however, they are still awaiting word from Hardik and Suryakumar.

Since Gill and pacer Avesh Khan were unlikely to appear in any of the T20 World Cup matches, the team management decided to give them a break. Gill had traveled with the Indian squad to the USA as a reserve player.

Abhishek Sharma, 23, will be chosen for an Indian team for the first time. Along with Travis Head, the Punjab batsmen had amassed 484 runs and provided SRH with early IPL beginnings. Riyan Parag of the Rajasthan Royals also had a fantastic IPL season, scoring 573 runs. The selection committee chose SRH’s Reddy because they wanted to try out another medium-paced all-around player. The BCCI’s rising player of the year honour went to Reddy. Chennai Super Kings relied on Mumbai pacer Deshpande, who had a strong domestic season.

Rana of Delhi was reliable with his pace all season long and had a strong IPL final.

Laxman will serve as an assistant coach.

The BCCI has chosen to assign VVS Laxman as the team’s coach for the Zimbabwe tour, as the Indian board has not yet named the next coach for the Indian squad. Laxman is the National Cricket Academy’s head of cricket. When the team departs for Sri Lanka on July 27, the next Indian coach is probably going to be included to the squad.

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