Jasprit Bumrah will return to competitive cricket as captain of the Indian team in their three-match T20I series in Ireland in mid-August when the BCCI announced a 16-man squad on Monday.
Jasprit Bumrah will return to competitive cricket as India captain on their three-match T20I tour of Ireland in mid-August when the BCCI announces 16-member of the player announced on Monday.
Bumrah, who last played for the national team in September 2022, has since been sidelined with a broken back. ODI in India, expected to start in October.
Bumrah will lead India for the first time in a limited series, while Ruturaj Gaikwad has been appointed as his deputy ahead of his next term as Asia captain Games has decided to rest all members of the senior team due to the upcoming Asian Cup scheduled to start a week after the All Ireland Series.
Karnataka seamstress Prasidh Krishna was also part of the 16-man squad after being sidelined with a stress fracture to her lumbar spine since August 2022. Prasidh played after his first match in nearly a year on Monday in a match at KSCA T20 tournament in Bangalore.
The three-match series starts at Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin on August 18 and finishes on August 23.
India squad for Ireland T20Is: Jasprit Bumrah (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), 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.
