Ajit Agarkar: The Indian team will play a five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe from the 6th of next month. The Men in Blue are going to tour Zimbabwe for this. This is going to be Team India's first series after the T20 World Cup 2024.

Yesterday, the selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar announced the 15-member squad. Shubman Gill has been given the command of the team. However, 5 such players have got a place in this team, who probably did not deserve it. Let's know about them in detail.

Ajit Agarkar made these 5 "slip" players play

Riyan Parag

One player who garnered the most discussions during IPL 2024 was Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals. This right-handed batsman played 15 matches this season. The 22-year-old player scored 573 runs at an average of 52.09. During this, his strike rate was 149.22.

Due to this performance, Ryan has now got a place in the team for the Zimbabwe tour. However, selecting a player directly at the international level on the basis of performance of just one season can be considered the biggest flaw of the team management.

Tushar Deshpande

Ajit Agarkar has given another IPL talent a chance to debut for Team India. Actually we are talking about Chennai Super Kings' fast bowler Tushar Deshpande.

However, some cricket experts believe that left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan should have got a chance in his place. It is worth noting that Mohsin has been performing very well in domestic cricket as well as IPL for some time now.

Nitish Kumar Reddy

While selecting the squad for the Zimbabwe tour, the team management made another huge mistake. In fact, a player was selected in the 15-member squad who has played only 17 first class and 22 List-A matches so far. This is Sunrisers Hyderabad's star all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. In fact, the basis for the selection of this player was also one IPL season. Whereas a lot of experience is required to play international cricket.

Mukesh Kumar

Team India's fast bowler Mukesh Kumar has been getting continuous opportunities in all three formats for some time now.

Actually Ajit Agarkar wanted to make him a bowler in all three formats. However, he has failed miserably in this. Actually Mukesh still needs to work hard in domestic cricket. This is the reason why his name should not have been included in the squad for the Zimbabwe tour. It is worth noting that Mukesh has been able to take only 12 wickets in 14 T20s.

Dhruv Jurel

Wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel, who entered the world of international cricket through Test cricket earlier this year, has got a big opportunity against Zimbabwe. However, this 23-year-old player has played only 38 T20 matches in his life. In such a situation, the Indian team management should have chosen Prabhsimran Singh, who is consistently performing well, in his place.

See the tweet here:

Squad: Hubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Nitish Reddy, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande.#TeamIndia , #ZIMvIND

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 24, 2024