Kolkata: Shahbaz Ahmed to join Indian Cricket team as the replacement for Washington Sundar in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe.
The 27-year-old Shahbaz stole the selectors’ attention with his stellar performance in the 2022 IPL season, where he turned out for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Washington Sundar got a shoulder injury while playing a County game in England. He has to be ruled out of the Zimbabwe tour.
India will start the campaign against Zimbabwe on August 18,2022 at the Harare Sports Club.
Indian squad for ODI vs Zimbabwe: KL Rahul (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Shahbaz Ahmed.
| India tour of Zimbabwe, 2022 | ||||
| Sr. No. | Day | Date | Match | Venue |
| 1 | Thursday | August 18th | 1st ODI | Harare Sports Club |
| 2 | Saturday | August 20th | 2nd ODI | Harare Sports Club |
| 3 | Monday | August 22th | 3rd ODI | Harare Sports Club |
