'Welcome T20 World Cup champions India': Zimbabwe Cricket honours Team India

Zimbabwe Cricket welcomed T20 World Cup 2024 champions India following their arrival at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for the fivematch IND vs ZIM T20I series starting on SaturdayThe first match of the IND vs ZIM T20I series will be played on July 6 at the Harare Sports Club The last T20I will be played on July 14 at the same venue where all matches will be heldThe head coach for India during this tour would be former cricketer and the National Cricket Academy NCA chief VVS LaxmanZimbabwe Cricket took to social media and shared a video where the Men in Blue were seen coming out of the airport with their luggageWe welcome T20 World Cup champions India the Zimbabwe Cricket board wrote on X ZIMvIND pictwittercomOiv5ZxgzaSmdash Zimbabwe Cricket ZimCricketv July 2 2024Opener Shubman Gill has been named as the captain for the tourThe squad features just two players from the main squad for the T20 World Cup Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson The rest of the squad who are part of T20 WC has been restedThe likes of Rinku Singh Avesh Khan and Khaleel Ahmed who are in the reserves player list of the T20 World Cup touring party also have been added to the squadPromising young players who have proven themselves in the Indian Premier League and domestic arena over the past 12 months have received multiple callups from IndiaZimbabwe Cricket on Monday announced the squad for their upcoming series against the T20 World Cup 2024 champions IndiaIn the fivematch T20I series Zimbabwe have named a young squad to face India who will miss a majority of their key players as wellThe Belgianborn Antum Naqvi has been named in the squad but his inclusion is subject to the confirmation of his citizenship statusIn the domestic circuit he boasts an impressive strike rate of 14680 in the T20 format In firstclass cricket he has an impressive average of 7200 and in ListA cricket he boasts an exceptional average of 7342 which underlines his massive potential before he steps at the international levelAfter failing to qualify for the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024 Zimbabwe will aim to rebuild under new head coach Justin Sammons Zimbabwe have picked a young squad with an average age of 27 and that has a total of 558 T20I appearances under their beltSikandar Raza at 38 will continue to lead the side With 86 matches to his name he is Zimbabwes most experienced player followed by 29yearold Luke Jongwe who has made 63 appearancesIndias squad for T20I series against Zimbabwe Shubman Gill c Yashasvi Jaiswal Ruturaj Gaikwad Abhishek Sharma Rinku Singh Sanju Samson wk Dhruv Jurel wk Nitish Reddy Riyan Parag Washington Sundar Ravi Bishnoi Avesh Khan Khaleel Ahmed Mukesh Kumar and Tushar DeshpandeZimbabwe Squad for T20I Series against India Sikandar Raza c Akram Faraz Bennett Brian Campbell Johnathan Chatara Tendai Jongwe Luke Kaia Innocent Madande Clive Madhevere Wessly Marumani Tadiwanashe Masakadza Wellington Mavuta Brandon Muzarabani Blessing Myers Dion Naqvi Antum Ngarava Richard Shumba MiltonWith agency inputs