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Sports Focus: Hardik Pandya has been named the captain of Indian team for the upcoming two-match T20I series against Ireland

Meanwhile, Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, has been appointed as his deputy for the series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the team for the series on Wednesday. Although Rishabh Pant, who will be with the Indian Test team during the Irish series as they prepare for the fifth Test against England, will remain absent in this series. In the absence of Pant, Sanju Samson returns to the team that will play in the Irish series.

In addition, 31-year-old Rahul Tripathi has been named internationally for the series, due to his consistency in the 2022 Indian Premier League. Tripathi enjoyed his best IPL season in 2022, hitting 413 runs in 14 innings with a staggering 158.24 strike for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Indian team

Hardik Pandya (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vc), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, R Bishnoi, H Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik

With great relief in the setting of white Indian football, Suryakumar Yadav has returned to the team as he has recovered from a muscle injury he suffered during the IPL 2022.This will be Hardik Pandya’s girlfriend as the international captain, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar appointed as his deputy. The remaining team is very similar to the one that participated in the five T20I series against South Africa. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.

India veteran Dinesh Karthik is expected to wear wicketkeeping gloves in the T20I series against Ireland. While Bhuvneshwar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, and Umran Malik made a pace attack, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, and Ravi Bishnoi were the skippers in the 17-member squad. .Two T20Is against Ireland will be played on June 26 and 28 – both at the Malahide Cricket Ground in Malahide.

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