All-rounder Shivam Dube has been picked as alternative for injured Nitish Reddy within the Indian T20 squad for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, the BCCI introduced on Wednesday. India will play 5 T20 Internationals in Zimbabwe from July 6. “The boys’s choice committee named Shivam Dube as alternative for the injured Nitish Reddy in India’s squad for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe,” the BCCI mentioned in an announcement. The BCCI mentioned its medical crew is monitoring the Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder’s progress.

Through the sequence, India and Zimbabwe will play all their matches in Harare.

Children Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish had been on Monday rewarded for his or her exploits within the final IPL with maiden India call-ups for the white-ball tour of Zimbabwe below the captaincy of Shubman Gill.

Senior gamers competing within the ongoing T20 World Cup within the Americas, together with captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested forward of a gruelling season.

Reddy was awarded the Rising Participant title for the 2024 IPL season.

The 21-year-old Nitish scored 303 runs at a mean of 33.67 and a strike price of 142.92, enjoying an important position in propping up the SRH center order.

The fitting-handed batter’s greatest outing with the willow got here towards Rajasthan Royals, the place he scored a 42-ball 76, studded with eight sixes and three fours. That proved to be a match-winning knock for SRH.

Nitish additionally picked up three wickets together with his medium tempo bowling, together with 2/17 towards Delhi Capitals, in his second IPL marketing campaign.

India’s up to date squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube.