India have laid out a second string team of youngsters for their two game T20 series vs Ireland.
Last Updated: 07.56 PM, Jun 20, 2022
The Indian cricket team has a lot of travelling to do, in yet another jam packed season of exhilarating cricket. The Indian Men’s team will also travel to Dublin to face off against Ireland in a two-game series, after they visited them back in 2018. As Indian cricket fans around the country look forward to catching the shorter format series, the games will also be available to stream on OTT.
A week after the Indian Men’s team are done with their work in South Africa, they will head off to Dublin. However, while the T20 team takes on Ireland in the two-match series, the test team will be busy preparing for their tour of England. This means that a young second string T20 side has been laid out for their tour of Ireland.
Hardik Pandya will captain the squad with Bhuvneshwar Kumar taking on the role of the second in command. Head coach Rahul Dravid will also be present during their tour to Ireland, and VVS Laxman will take on the mantle of the stand-in head coach on their trip.
With a few of the names that are expected for the shorter format missing, the BCCI has already announced the full list of players. Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, and Umran Malik are the others named in the squad.
The first and second T20 games of the two-match series will take place on June 26 and June 28 respectively. Both the games will start at 2:30 PM IST, and they will be available to stream live on SonyLIV.