These players will play T20 for the first time under the captaincy of Rohit
IND vs AFG 1st T20I Match: The three-match T20 series against Afghanistan is going to start from January 11. In this series, the command of Team India is in the hands of Rohit Sharma. He is returning to the T20I format after 14 months. In these 14 months, many Indian young players have got continuous opportunities in the T20 team. In this series also, the squad includes 6 such players who will play T20 match for the first time under the captaincy of Rohit.
These players will play for the first time under the captaincy of Rohit
Indian selectors have included 16 players in the Indian squad for the Afghanistan series. Of these, Shubhman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma and Mukesh Kumar are such players who have not yet played a single T20 match under the captaincy of Rohit. All these players had debuted in T20 form only last year.
Rohit’s excellent figures as captain
Rohit Sharma has captained Team India in 51 T20 matches so far. Out of these, Team India has won 39 matches. The Indian team has won 76.47 percent of the matches under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma has scored 1527 runs in these matches. As captain, he has also scored 2 centuries in T20I and has crossed the 50-run mark 10 times. At the same time, he has played a total of 148 T20 matches for India. In these matches he has scored 3853 runs, which includes 4 centuries.
Indian team squad for T20 series
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh. , Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
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