IND vs AUS | India squad for Australia series announced, Mohammed Shami earns a recall

After a disappointing campaign in the Asia Cup 2022, India are all set to host Australia and South Africa. The team would like to put their recent Asia Cup debacle behind them and win the series to boost their confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup next month. The fixtures against Australia are going to start with the opening game at Mohali on September 20. India have announced the team and Mohammed Shami has been called back to the squad after a long time. 

Shami played his last T20I in the world cup last year but his performance in the recent edition of IPL was impressive. He is also one of the four standbys for the tournament to be played in Australia. Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Arshdeep Singh will be reporting to NCA for conditioning-related work during the home series against Australia and South Africa. Arshdeep will miss the Australia series as a result but the Indian bowling unit is expected to be stronger with Shami’s arrival in the camp. 

India Squad for Australia T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.