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After starting the new year with a wonderful and historic victory, the Indian cricket team is ready to take the field once again. Team India has to face Afghanistan in the first Test of the new year and the team for this has been announced. The selection committee has announced Team India for the T20 series against Afghanistan starting next week. The biggest news is that Rohit Sharma will be the captain of Team India. Apart from this, Virat Kohli has also returned to the T20 team. Both the star players are returning to this format after November 2022.
The 3-match T20 series between India and Afghanistan will begin on January 11. This is Team India's last international T20 series before the T20 World Cup 2024. In such a situation, most of the eyes were focused on whether Rohit and Virat will return? Both players were out of the format after their World Cup semi-final defeat against England in November 2022. The question was also, who will get the captaincy from Hardik and Rohit?
Return after 14 months
The answer to all this was found on Sunday, January 7. Proving all the speculations right, the selection committee has given an opportunity to both veteran players to return to the team. Rohit and Virat were out of the format for the last 14 months. While Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav are not part of this series as they are not fully fit yet. In such a situation, it was easier for the selectors to take a decision on the captaincy and Rohit Sharma has got this responsibility.
Indian team
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashaswi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukke Kumar . , Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh
India-Afghanistan T20 Series
January 11- First T20, Mohali
January 14- Second T-20, Indore
January 17- 3rd T-20, Bangalore
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