“It’s a great opportunity for youngsters. Whenever they have played for there states, they have done well. There’s nothing different to do here,” India captain Suryakumar Yadav said on the eve of the first T20I between India and Bangladesh which will take place in Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior.
International cricket in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has been confined to the Holkar Stadium in Indore since 2010, when Gwalior’s Roop Singh Stadium witnessed the first double hundred by a batsman in ODIs. The brand new Madhavrao Scindia Stadium, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, will help cricket spread its wings in the central zone of the country.
The spotlight will be on India’s young talent, express quick Mayank Yadav in particular, as the senior members of the squad have been rested. Shivam Dube has been ruled out of the three-match T20I series due to a back injury. The 31-year-old hard-hitting all-rounder, who was a member of the T20 World Cup-winning squad from earlier in the year, will be replaced in the squad by southpaw Tilak Varma.
Varma last played for India at the start of 2024 in the T20I series against Afghanistan. He was most recently part of the Duleep Trophy, where he composed a hundred against India D.
India’s updated squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, JItesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Tilak Varma