Team India has to play a 5-match T20 series against Zimbabwe from July 6. BCCI recently announced a squad of 15 players for this tour, in which Shubman Gill was given the captaincy. At the same time, VVS Laxman was made the coach of the team. On Tuesday, BCCI has informed that the team has left for this tour by flight with Laxman. However, the surprising thing in this is that the Indian team has left with only 10 players of the squad.

Why did the team leave with only 10 players?

Team India's coach VVS Laxman has left for Zimbabwe tour with only 10 players. In such a situation, the biggest question is why did this happen and where are the rest of the players.

Actually, out of the 15 players announced for this tour, 5 players had gone to West Indies for the T20 World Cup. All these players are currently stuck in Barbados since the final match.

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Shivam Dubey, who came as a replacement for Nitish Reddy, was a part of Team India's playing XI. Apart from him, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal and reserves Rinku Singh and Khalil Ahmed are also in the West Indies.

All airports were closed due to Hurricane Beryl, so they had to stay there. Due to the storm, no player was allowed to leave the hotel. According to the latest reports, all the players who went to West Indies for the World Cup can return to India by Wednesday.

When will the 5 players go to Zimbabwe?

The first step of BCCI is to get all the players trapped in Barbados out of there. For this, a special flight has been arranged, which will bring them to Delhi. However, BCCI has not yet clarified whether the 5 players going on the Zimbabwe tour will first come to Delhi or will leave for Zimbabwe directly from there.

The first match against Zimbabwe is on July 6, so they will have a chance of 2 days in between.

Team India for Zimbabwe tour

Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Rituraj Gaikwad, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Shivam Dubey, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar and Tushar Deshpande.

India-Zimbabwe series schedule

The Indian team will play a five-match T20 series on the Zimbabwe tour.

All matches will be played at Harare Sports Club. All these matches will start at 4.30 pm according to Indian time.

• First match- 6 July
• Second match - 7 July
• Third match - July 10
• 4th match- 13th July
• 5th match - July 14