Cricket-Teenager Sooryavanshi included in India squad for Afghanistan T20s


Cricket - Fourth T20 International - England v India - Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol, Britain - July 9, 2026 India's Vaibhav Sooryavanshi walks after losing his wicket, caught by England's Sam Curran off the bowling of Jofra Archer Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

Sept 1 (Reuters) - ⁠Teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was named ⁠in India's squad for the ‌T20 series against Afghanistan on Tuesday after responding to a disappointing debut series ​in England with two ⁠half-centuries against ⁠Zimbabwe in July.

• Fast bowler Jasprit ⁠Bumrah was ‌also named in the squad, subject to ⁠fitness, having been sidelined by a ​knee ‌injury and missing the test ⁠series in ​Sri Lanka last month.

• All-rounders Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington ⁠Sundar, along with paceman ​Harshit Rana, were named pending final fitness clearances.

• Shreyas Iyer will continue ⁠as captain, with World Cup-winning skipper Suryakumar Yadav again left out of the squad.

• India ​host Afghanistan in ⁠a three-match T20 series in New ​Delhi from September ‌13 to 17.

(Reporting by ​Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

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