IND vs ZIM: BCCI announces Three changes in India Squad for Zimbabwe Tour

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The Indian team has been changed for the Zimbabwe tour as BCCI has altered three players for the first two matches.

The five-match T20 series is set to start from July 6 and the majority of the Indian team has already flown for Zimbabwe.

But the apex body of Indian cricket announced three alterations in the squad for the first two matches. Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube have been replaced by Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Shama and Harshit Rana.

Although Harshit Rana and Sai Sudharsan were tipped to make it to the original squad, they were left out by the selectors. Now the trio will be part of the first two T20I matches in Zimbabwe.

This measure has come due to the Indian team getting stuck in Barbados. Samson, Jaiswal and Dube are currently stuck in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl. The Indian team may only arrive in the country in the evening of Wednesday, which meant the trio wouldn't have been able to make it along with the departing squad.

Despite missing the first two matches, the three players are expected to join the squad for the final three clashes in Zimbabwe. Although Shivam Dube was part of the first team throughout, neither Sanju Samson nor Yashasvi Jaiswal played a single match in the T20 World Cup.

India Update Squad for Zimbabwe T20Is (First Two Matches)

Shubman Gill (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma, Harshit Rana