Team India announced for series against Ireland, Jasprit Bumrah return
The Indian cricket team for the Ireland tour has been announced. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been made the captain of the Indian team. While apart from this many new faces including Rinku Singh have been made part of Team India. Young players like Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma and Jitesh Sharma will be seen in the jersey of Team India in the series against Ireland. Rituraj Gaikwad will be the vice-captain of this team led by Jasprit Bumrah.
Young players like Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma and Jitesh Sharma have impressed in the IPL 2023 season. Now these players have been rewarded for their brilliant performance. Rinku Singh hit 5 consecutive sixes in 5 balls to give Kolkata Knight Riders a memorable victory. While Tilak Verma continued to score runs for Mumbai Indians. Apart from this, Jitesh Sharma played a great game for Punjab Kings. Especially Jitesh Sharma made a distinct identity with his great hitting ability.
Indian team will play a series of 3 T20 matches against Ireland. The first match of this series will be played in Dublin on August 18. While the second T20 of the series will be played on August 20. Meanwhile, the last match of this series will be played on August 23. In fact, earlier it was believed that all-rounder Hardik Pandya might be named the captain of the Indian team for the Ireland tour, but Jasprit Bumrah will be seen as the captain in this series.
Indian squad for series against Ireland-
Jasprit Bumrah (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad (Vice-Captain), Yashshwi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan