The BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the three T20I match series against Australia. For the T20I match series against Windies, star opener Rohit Sharma will be seen replacing Virat Kohli as the captain. However, Kohli, who recently broke Sachin Tendulkar's record to become the fastest batsman to score 10,000 runs will be seen leading his side again during the T20I matches against Australia.
The first T20I match between India and West Indies will take place on November 4 (Sunday), at the Eden Gardens cricket stadium, Kolkata.
With this, BCCI has also announced the India team for the three T20Is against West Indies. Former Captain, MS Dhoni has not been included in any of the squads named for three T20Is against West Indies and Australia. In place of Dhoni, Rishabh Pant has been named as wicketkeeper while Dinesh Karthik has been used as Pant's cover.
Team for three T20I match series against Australia:
Virat Kohli (C), Rohit (vc), Shikhar, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish, DK, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Khaleel
Team for three T20I match series against Windies:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar, KL Rahul, DK, Manish, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem
Along with this, the board has also announced the team for the first Test match against Australia.India is scheduled to play a series of four Test matches against Australia.