Indian cricket team will travel to Ireland for the second time in as many years in what will be their final international assignment ahead of the 2023 Asia Cup. This will also be the last three T20I matches the Team India will face before their attention turns towards the 50-over format till the 2023 World Cup.
This series will marks the return of star pacer Jasprit Bumrah after an 11-month absence due to injury.
Jasprit Bumrah will be leading the Indian team in this series, and this will be the first instance of him taking charge of the side in white-ball cricket.
Jasprit Bumrah’s return is crucial for Team India’s World Cup hopes, as team India will hope he can prove his fitness and gain some match practise and form too.
Even Prasidh Krishna is making a comeback to competitive cricket after a long gap of one whole year following a stress fracture in his back.
India are sending a second-string team apart from Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh, and Sanju Samson, no player in the plans for the 50-over World Cup is in contention.
From the team that played five T20Is in the West Indies, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, and Yuzvendra Chahal are not travelling to Ireland.
The likes of Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma are set to make their debuts for India.
Team Squad
India Squad for Ireland T20Is
- Jasprit Bumrah (Captain),
- Ruturaj Gaikwad,
- Yashasvi Jaiswal,
- Tilak Varma,
- Rinku Singh,
- Washington Sundar,
- Shivam Dube,
- Shahbaz Ahmed,
- Sanju Samson,
- Jitesh Sharma,
- Ravi Bishnoi,
- Prasidh Krishna,
- Arshdeep Singh,
- Mukesh Kumar,
- Avesh Khan
Ireland Squad For India T20Is
- Paul Stirling (Captain),
- Andrew Balbirnie,
- Ross Adair,
- Harry Tector,
- Gareth Delany,
- Curtis Campher,
- George Dockrell,
- Fionn Hand,
- Lorcan Tucker (WK),
- Mark Adair,
- Joshua Little,
- Barry McCarthy,
- Theo van Woerkom,
- Benjamin White,
- Craig Young
Time of T20Is
The three T20Is will take place on 18th, 20th, 23rd August 2023.
All three games will take place at the Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin.
All three games will start at 7:30 p.m. IST.
Details of Telecast and Live Streaming
The series will be telecast on Sports 18 in India and live streamed online on the Jio Cinema website and application.
