The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced three changes in the Indian squad for the 5-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. The trio of Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana were added to the squad for the first two matches, replacing Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who are still in Barbados.
Originally scheduled to join the Zimbabwe-bound squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series starting on Saturday, July 6, the trio will first travel to India with the rest of the ICC T20 World Cup-winning Indian squad before leave for Harare. Samson, Dube and Jaiswal were unable to fly from Barbados earlier because a hurricane closed the island’s airport.
India squad for 1st and 2nd T20I against Zimbabwe: Shubman Gill (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma (WK) , Harshit Rana
The unforeseen circumstances forced the BCCI to name replacements for the three players.
Pacer Khaleel Ahmed and batsman Rinku Singh, traveling reserves for the T20 World Cup, are also currently in Barbados. The BCCI has not named replacements for the duo despite them being in the squad for the Zimbabwe series.
Sudharsan is currently playing cricket for Surrey at the Oval in London. He is expected to leave for Harare immediately.
Players still trapped in Barbados
India’s T20 World Cup-winning team is expected to fly out of Barbados today as the airport reopens.
The World Cup-winning team, originally scheduled to depart Barbados on Monday at 11am local time (8:30pm IST), has been stranded in Barbados for the past two days due to Hurricane Beryl, which has resulted in the closure of airports and businesses. .
The hurricane, which intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 4 in recent hours, has prompted warnings of potentially deadly winds and dangerous storm surge.
According to the latest report from the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Beryl, a hurricane that was upgraded to Category Four on Monday, intensified into a Category 5 storm after striking the Windward Islands while churning toward to Jamaica.
The hurricane was upgraded to category four on Monday, bringing deadly winds and storm surge that battered Barbados and nearby islands.
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