With sights set on the next year's T20 World Cup, Indian team management will look to continue their formula of banking on the young brigade more, especially after senior players not so impressive show in the shortest format of the game of late. Team India suffered a dismal outing in the T20 World Cup 2023 and since then they are in a bid to build a young lot in preparation of the next edition's T20 World Cup.
Going by the reports, Hardik Pandya is likely to continue as India's skipper in the upcoming T20I series against Ireland which will be held in the month of August. However Indian Team Management are yet to announce India's squad for the Ireland series but they are expected to throw a surprise as Men in Blue's all-format captain Rohit Sharma might not be considered for the three-match outing.
Notably, Team India's newly appointed chief selector Ajit Agarkar snubbed Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the T20 squad for the West Indies series and yet again the bigwigs are likely to be omitted.
After wrapping up the five-match T20 series against West Indies which will conclude on August 13, India and Ireland will be playing a three-match T20 series which is slated to be played on August 18, August 20 and August 23.
Hardik has led India in almost all the T20I matches after team's below par performance in the T20 World Cup 2022. However a formal announcement is yet to come whether Hardik will once again be given the captaincy mantle.
Not just the senior players, but India's head coach Rahul Dravid is also likely to be rested for the Ireland series. In Dravid's absence, the chief of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) VVS Laxman might take over as India's interim coach.
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