Young wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan, along with Suryakumar Yadav and Rahul Tewatia were named in India's 19-man squad for the five-match T20 series against England on Saturday.
Yadav, has been consistent performer for Mumbai in domestic cricket as well for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, has finally managed to break into the Indian cricket team.
Kishan, who also plays for Mumbai Indians, has been been in red-hot form in the white-ball cricket and has been rewarded. He will be the second wicket-keeper in the side along with Rishabh Pant. Kishan, on Saturday, blasted 94-Ball 173 for Jharkhand in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
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Tewatia, who plays for Rajasthan Royals and Haryana, has also been named in the squad. Tewatia had smashed West Indian Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over in the IPL last year.
Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav and Munish Pandey have been dropped while pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been rested.
Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who missed the Australia series due to an injury, has also been named in the team. Left-arm pacer T Natarajan has retained his place following an impressive debut series in Australia.
The T20 series, comprising 5 matches, will be played in Ahmedabad from March 12.
India's T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur.
