India squad for AUS T20Is announced: SKY to lead, Gill named Vice-captain, Reddy replaces Pandya

India squad for Australia T20Is has been announced [Source: AFP]

In a significant development, the BCCI has confirmed India's T20I squad for the upcoming tour of Australia. While Suryakumar Yadav has been retained as the captain following India's Asia Cup 2025 win, Shubman Gill has been named as the vice-captain. 

Injured all-rounder Hardik Pandya has missed out on selection, with Nitish Kumar Reddy replacing him in the squad. Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for the ODIs and picked for the shortest format, with the T20 World Cup coming up. 

India's T20I squad for Australia tour

Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (VC), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar

Key takeaways from India's T20I squad

• India have kept their Asia Cup core intact, including all players apart from Hardik Pandya, who unfortunately misses out due to a quadriceps injury. 
• Tilak Varma, Abhishek Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav, three most impactful performers for India in the 2025 Asia Cup, have retained their spots. 
• Shivam Dube, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar have been included as the pure all-rounders alongside Nitish Kumar Reddy, who comes in place of Hardik Pandya. 
• Jasprit Bumrah has been preferred for T20Is over ODIs, with the T20 World Cup coming next year. He will lead India's pace attack alongside Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and the all-rounders' duo of Shivam and Reddy. 
• Meanwhile, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy will play as India's frontline spinner with Kuldeep, Axar and Washington Sundar. India have stuck to their spin-heavy side although little help is expected off the deck for the spinners in Australia. 

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