Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made a return to T20I cricket because the Indian cricket crew squad for the three-match collection towards Afghanistan was introduced however a transparent omission was Shreyas Iyer. Iyer had run of kind within the Cricket World Cup 2023 and even took half within the ODI and Take a look at collection towards South Africa. In consequence, his exclusion from the squad towards Afghanistan got here as a shock for some followers in addition to consultants. In keeping with a report on Anandabazar Patrika, the selectors weren’t comfortable along with his type of batting within the not too long ago concluded Take a look at collection. The report additional claimed that Shreyas’ resolution to take a vacation and never play Ranji Trophy matches for Mumbai was not taken effectively by the crew administration.

Following his exclusion from the squad, Shreyas was added to the Mumbai squad and he’s all set to participate within the Ranji Trophy match towards Andhra to be performed from January 12-15.

It may be an ideal alternative for Shreyas to bounce again after struggling towards South Africa and make a powerful case for himself forward of the five-match Take a look at collection towards England beginning January 25.

Iyer has changed middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan, who will be part of the India A crew for the collection towards England A in Ahmedabad.

Nonetheless, Mumbai will likely be with out the providers of all-rounder Shivam Dube who has been summoned to the nationwide crew for the upcoming three-match collection beginning towards Afghanistan starting on January 11.

India’s Squad for 3 T20Is towards Afghanistan:Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar.

(With PTI inputs)