Rohit-Kohli out of T20 series, Team India announced

IND vs WI: The Indian team has been announced for the T20 series against the West Indies. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli did not get a place in the team for the 5 T20 series against the West Indies. The team will take the field under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. Suryakumar Yadav has been chosen as the vice-captain. Tilak Verma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who performed amazingly in this season of IPL, have also got a big reward. Both Tilak and Yashasvi have been selected in the T20 team for the first time. India is on a long tour of the West Indies, where it has to play a series of 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches with the hosts. The Test and ODI team had already been announced by the BCCI, now after the arrival of the new chief selector, the 15-member T20 team was announced on Wednesday.

Alert🚨: #TeamIndia's squad for T20I series against the West Indies announced. https://t.co/AGs92S3tcz

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 5, 2023

Rohit-Kohli out after World Cup

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been part of the T20 team since last year's T20 World Cup. Both played the last T20 match in Adelaide against England in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Since then both the stars have not played any T20 match for India.

Agarkar's first team

Last day, former Indian cricketer Ajit Agarkar was made the chief selector and as soon as he became the chief selector, Agarkar selected the first team, in which his further planning is clearly visible. India will play a series of 5 T20 matches with West Indies in West Indies as well as in Florida.

Ravi Bishnoi's return

Kolkata Knight Riders' explosive batsman Rinku Singh could not make it to the T20 team. While there was news that he might get a chance in the T20 team. At the same time, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has also returned to the T20 team after about 11 months. He played his last T20 match against Pakistan last year.

Team India T20 Squad:

Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar