Pacer to lead India in Ireland T20Is; Prasidh returns to provide extra cover
New Delhi: Jasprit Bumrah on Monday, July 31, marked his return as India captain for the T20I series against Ireland. India will play three T20Is against Ireland on August 18, 20 and 23 at Malahide, a report in The Tribune, Chandigarh says.
Until recently, Bumrah, was going through a rehabilitation process at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, following surgery for a lower-back stress fracture earlier this year,
His last appearance for India came in September during a home T20I series against Australia.
There was some talk and concern whether he would be able to handle the twin responsibility of leading the pace attack and the team.
However according to PTI, the 29-year-old was eager and confident to take on the added responsibility. He has had prior experience when he skippered India against England in the Birmingham Test last year.
Karnataka right-arm pacer Prasidh Krishna inclusion in the team, will give further boost to India’s pace barrage, too was included in the squad. Prasidh, had last played for India in an ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare in August last year.
The Ireland series is viewed as an opportunity for both Bumrah and Prasidh to tune their body to the rigours of international cricket after a lengthy gap.
Hence, the duo could be expected to be part of India’s squad for the upcoming Asia Cup in August-September.
Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the vice-captain of the squad from which many regular members such as Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill are absent.
The tour of Ireland will also be a good chance for several players in the squad as they are also a part of the Indian team for the Asian Games.
Squad
Jasprit Bumrah (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (v-c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan
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