Last Updated on July 7, 2026 12:31 am by BIZNAMA NEWS

BCCI announces India’s men’s squad for Zimbabwe tour

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the Indian Men’s squad for the upcoming upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. The tour will feature three T20 Internationals to be played on 23rd, 25th and 27th of this month. All the matches will be played at Harare.

World Cup-winning wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson has been dropped from India’s squad while the selectors handed a maiden call-up to pacers Yash Thakur and Ashok Sharma. In place of Sanju Samson, the selection panel led by Ajit Agarkar brought in Punjab wicketkeeper batter Prabhsimran Singh, another maiden entrant to the squad. Express pacer Mayank Yadav too made a return to the squad for the first time since 2024.

India’s squad for the Zimbabwe tour comprises Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Varun Chakaravarathy, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, and Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper).

For the three ODIs against England starting on 14th of this month, the selectors replaced the injured Nitish Kumar Reddy with Shivam Dube.

India’s squad consists of Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Shivam Dube.