The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a fifteen-member squad for the upcoming Twenty20 International series against Bangladesh. Indian pace sensation Mayank Yadav, who shone in the most recent Indian Premier League (IPL) season with Lucknow Super Giants, was given a call-up to the national squad. Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has also made a return to the squad.
The T20I is set to be begin from October 6 in Gwalior. The squad is as follows:
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav.