Surya Kumar Yadav to lead India in five match T20 International series against Australia begining Thursday in Vishakhapatnam

Indian squad for five match series of T-20 Internationals with Australia has been announced. Batter Suryakumar Yadav will lead the men in blue in the series scheduled to start from Thursday in Visakhapatnam.

Ruturaj Gaikwad will be the vice-captain for the first three matches while Shreyas Iyer will join the squad as vice-captain for the fourth and fifth matches. After a draining campaign in the recent ODI World Cup, many senior players have been rested.

The squad includes Suryakumar Yadav, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, and Mukesh Kumar.