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Hardik Pandya ^(https://lotus365.today/goto/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/hardik-pandya-625371) captains the side which will play five games in the Caribbean and the USA, with Suryakumar Yadav ^(https://lotus365.today/goto/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/suryakumar-yadav-446507) named his deputy. Some of the other heavy hitters are missing though. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli haven’t represented India in T20Is since their semi-final exit at the 2022 T20 World Cup.
India T20I squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (vice-capt), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (capt), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.
