Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made a return to T20I cricket because the Indian cricket crew squad for the three-match collection in opposition to Afghanistan was introduced however a transparent omission was Shreyas Iyer. Iyer had a superb run of type within the Cricket World Cup 2023 and even took half within the ODI and Test collection in opposition to South Africa. As a end result, his exclusion from the squad in opposition to Afghanistan got here as a shock for some followers in addition to specialists. According to a report on Anandabazar Patrika, the selectors weren’t pleased together with his type of batting within the not too long ago concluded Test collection. The report additional claimed that Shreyas’ choice to take a vacation and never play Ranji Trophy matches for Mumbai was not taken nicely by the crew administration.

Following his exclusion from the squad, Shreyas was added to the Mumbai squad and he’s all set to participate within the Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Andhra to be performed from January 12-15.

It is usually a good alternative for Shreyas to bounce again after struggling in opposition to South Africa and make a powerful case for himself forward of the five-match Test collection in opposition to England beginning January 25.

Iyer has changed middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan, who will be a part of the India A crew for the collection in opposition to England A in Ahmedabad.

However, Mumbai might be with out the companies of all-rounder Shivam Dube who has been summoned to the nationwide crew for the upcoming three-match collection beginning in opposition to Afghanistan starting on January 11.

India’s Squad for 3 T20Is in opposition to Afghanistan:Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar.

(With PTI inputs)