IND vs ZIM: Shivam Dube Replaces Injured Nitish Reddy in India Squad

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All-rounder Shivam Dube has replaced injured Nitish Kumar Reddy in the Indian squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in July.

Nitish, who announced his arrival in the IPL 2024, had earned his maiden call up to the senior men's national team last week, but the pace-bowling all-rounder was forced to wait a little longer to don the blue jersey due to an injury.

"The Men's Selection Committee named Shivam Dube as a replacement for the injured Nitish Reddy in India's squad for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in an official statement on Wednesday (June 26).

The BCCI Medical Team will monitor Nitish Reddy's progress. Reddy had an impressive Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2024 season with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), slamming 302 runs at a strike rate of 142.92 while also taking three wickets.

Dube, who has played some valuable innings during the ongoin T20 World Cup, will join Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson as the players from India's T20 WC squad who are also travelling to Zimbabwe.

The Indian selectors also had the opportunity to name Venkatesh Iyer as Nitish Reddy's replacement, but have instead opted for Dube. Iyer misses out on a spot like KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Varun Chakravarthy in the Indian squad.

Earlier, India announced a 15-member squad for the tour of Zimbabwe. Opener Shubman Gill has been named as the captain for the tour and will lead a new-look India side for the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in early July following the T20 World Cup 2024.

The first match of the five-game series will be played on July 6 at the Harare Sports Club and the second will be held at the same venue the next day. The last T20I will be played on July 14 at Harare Sports Club.

India's updated squad vs Zimbabwe

Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube.