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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter Rinku Singh will part be part of Team India's squad for the Ireland tour along with other young and talented players who missed out on the upcoming West Indies tour. According to a report in The Indian Express, the selector will name Rinku and others in the squad for Ireland series and the reason why they were not selected for West Indies tour was because the decision-makers didn't want to hand opportunities to everyone in one go.
With the Men in Blue are slated to play big-ticket tournaments this year, including the Asia Cup and ODI World Cup. Several big players are likely to be rested for the white-ball series against Ireland.
"Rinku and other players who did well in the IPL will fly to Ireland as the selection committee doesn’t want to try everyone at one stage. There are seven players of the Indian ODI team who are not going to play T20 as those players are key for us going ahead as they will be playing Asia Cup in late August," The Indian Express quoted a BCCI source as saying.
Rinku and Ruturaj Gaikwad, both batters who performed exceedingly well in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season, missed out on India's T20I squad for the West Indies series. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma received their maiden national T20I call-up for the West Indies series. Rinku and Ruturaj will get a chance to play for the country against Ireland.
Team India will tour Ireland for a three-match T20I series with all matches will be staged at Malahide. The first game of the series is slated to be played on August 18 while the third and last T20I is scheduled for August 23. The Men in Blue are likely to arrive in Ireland straight after the completion of their series against the West Indies.
Ireland vs India T20I series schedule:
August 18: 1st T20I, Malahide
August 20: 2nd T20I, Malahide
August 23: 3rd T20I, Malahide
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