• India squad for Ireland T20Is: Jasprit Bumrah named captain; Prasidh Krishna returns

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    India squad for Ireland T20Is: Jasprit Bumrah named captain; Prasidh Krishna returns

    The BCCI on Monday announced Team India's squad for the T20I series against Ireland...

    Digital Desk: The BCCI on Monday announced Team India's squad for the T20I series against Ireland. Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah has returned from a long injury layoff. He will lead the Indian squad in the three-match Twenty20 International series against Ireland in Dublin. The three-match series is scheduled to take place from August 18 to 23.


    Bumrah, who underwent back surgery in New Zealand, has been undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy for a while now, and the pace spearhead recently bowled his full quota of 10 overs against a visiting Mumbai side here at the Alur grounds.


    Prasidh Krishna of Karnataka has also been chosen for the squad by the selectors. The right-arm quick last played for India in an ODI against Zimbabwe in August of last year before undergoing stress fracture surgery. Ruturaj Gaikwad has been appointed as the team's vice-captain.


    India squad for T20I series against Ireland: Jasprit Bumrah (Captain), 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.