Hardik Pandya will lead India in Ireland as Rahul Tripathi has been called up for the first time; Return of Sanju Samson | Cricket News

New Delhi: Indian Premier League winning captain Hardik Pandya He was duly selected as the captain of the Indian team for the two-match T20 International series against Ireland in Dublin on 26 and 28 June.
The only new face in the team is Maharashtra’s right-handed batsman Rahul TripathiWho won the award for his superb batting during this edition of IPL where he scored over 400 runs for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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Pandya, who is Rishabh Pant’s deputy in the current T20I series against South Africa, was promoted to the leadership role and will join the Test team in England after completing the series at home.

Sanju Samson, whose skills have been well documented over the years, got one more shot in redemption as he guided Rajasthan Royals to the IPL final and returned to the series.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar He has been named vice captain for the series.
If any one goes in the team list, the appointed wicketkeeper will be Dinesh Karthik, 36, while both Ishaan Kishan And Samson can do wicket-keeping if needed.
Samson’s keeping mark is not considered up to the mark, so he could be the third keeper in the mix.
India’s T20I team: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Sanju SamsonSuryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Aiyar, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Hershal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.