‘Sanju Samson ko firse drop’ – Fans react as Indian cricket board announces squad for Australia T20I series

India and Australia are all set to lock horns for the five match T20 series in Australia’s tour of India after the conclusion of the ODI World Cup 2023. Australia’s of India was divided into two parts due to the ODI World Cup 2023, and before the marquee tournament the teams met for a 3 match mini ODI series to prepare for the tournament.

Now, teams will continue with the tournament to prepare well for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 which will be hosted by West Indies and the United States of America from 1st June tentatively. 

The Indian cricket board has decided to rest their key players and have appointed India’s number one T20 batsman Suryakumar Yadav as the captain of the team. While the Asian Games 2023 Gold medal team leader Ruturaj Gaikwad has been announced as the vice captain of the team. As per sources, Shreyas Iyer might join the Indian squad for the last two T20 matches in Nagpur and Hyderabad. 

Australia’s tour of India schedule for T20Is 

First T20I: November 23, 7 PM, Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ADA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Second T20I: November 26, 7 PM, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Third T20I: November 28, 7 PM, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

Fourth T20I: December 1, 7 PM, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Fifth T20I: December 3, 7 PM, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

India’s squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar

Australia’s squad: Matthew Wade (c), Aaron Hardie, Jason Behrendorff, Sean Abbott, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.

Look how the fans reacted – 

https://twitter.com/santhoshtiger14/status/1726637026894831696?s=46

Surya Kumar yadav?? Captain? Okay

— Isha (@_precious_bean_) November 20, 2023

Shreyas Iyer will be the Vice-Captain of the Indian team in the last 2 T20I vs Australia.

– Iyer has been rested for first 3 games.

— Im_fab (@Im_fab1211) November 20, 2023

Time for Rinku Singh era 🔥 pic.twitter.com/duoACk1tuZ

— sohom (@AwaaraHoon) November 20, 2023

Wow..Surya Kumar Yadav becomes captain.and Gaikwad is vice captain.
Selectors are having weed while selecting the captain and vice captain

— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) November 20, 2023

No one cares about this series tbh@rattibha

— Robert (@Robert_82MCG) November 20, 2023

Sanju Samson deserves spot in this squad
Feeling sad for him

— Shubham dwivedi🇮🇳 (@mahamahim555) November 20, 2023

Best of luck 🤞

— Surendra Choudhary INC (@SJyani03pilot) November 20, 2023