India T20I squad for Australia series: Suryakumar Yadav named captain as Sanju Samson misses out

Ritabrata Banerjee

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Suryakumar Yadav will captain India after he was named in the 15-man T20I squad for their series against which will start on November 23.

In-form middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer will join the squad as vice-captain for the last two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru.

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India T20I squad for series against Australia

Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.

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Suryakumar Yadav to captain India T20I side for series against Australia

The Mumbai Indian star, who was an integral part of India's 2023 Cricket World Cup squad, has been named the leader of the Indian team for the upcoming T20I series against Australia. 

Only three players - Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Prasidh Krishna - from India's squad at the recently concluded Cricket World Cup have named in the 15-man for the upcoming series.

Jaspirt Bumrah, who led the Indian team in their last T20I series against Ireland in August, has been rested.

Sanju Samson misses out on the Indian squad

After being overlooked in India's Asia Cup 2023 and the ODI Cricket World Cup squads, the Kerala-born Rajasthan Royals star wicket-keeper batsman missed out on the Indian squad yet again.

In the Ireland series, Samson played two games for India where he scored 41 runs.

India vs Australia T20I series 2023 schedule

Match

Date

Match

Venue

1

23rd  November

1st T20I

Visakhapatnam

2

26th  November

2nd T20I

Thiruvananthapuram

3

28th  November

3rd T20I

Guwahati

4

1st December

4th T20I

Raipur

5

3rd December

5th T20I

Bengaluru

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Ritabrata Banerjee

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Ritabrata Banerjee is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.