India vs England: Axar Patel was made the vice-captain of Team India for the T20 series.
IND vs ENG T20I Series: The Indian team has to play a 5-match T20 series at home against England from January 22, for which the BCCI announced the squad on the evening of January 11. While some big changes were seen in this team, the responsibility of vice-captain has been handed over to spin all-rounder player Akshar Patel. Team India has to play the first match of the T20 series against England at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Suryakumar Yadav will take the responsibility of captaincy in this entire series, while Hardik Pandya has also got a place in the squad, but the selectors have taken a big decision by appointing Akshar Patel as the vice-captain.
Akshar Patel’s performance in the last few years has been quite brilliant.
Akshar Patel’s performance in the limited overs format for Team India in the last few years has been quite impressive, in which he has made important contributions with both ball and bat. Akshar played an important role in Team India winning the T20 World Cup 2024 in the year 2024. In the year 2024, Akshar Patel played a total of 16 T20 matches in which he managed to take 20 wickets with an excellent average of 16.30, so considering his performance, the selectors have now given him a big responsibility. If we talk about other changes in this squad, Dhruv Jurel has got a place in it.
Nitish Kumar Reddy and Sundar return to the squad
If we talk about the squad of the Indian team announced for the T20 series against England, then all-rounders Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar have returned, while Vijaykumar Vaishak, Avesh Khan and Yash Dayal have been left out of the team. Those who were part of the squad in the last T20 series have been shown the way. Apart from this, Harshit Rana is also a part of the team for the T20 series.
See here the Indian team’s squad for the T20 series against England.
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar.
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