New Delhi:
India T20 Team: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) not only announced the Indian team for the five-match T20 series to be played against England on Saturday, but also made some big gestures to the veterans. It is very clear from the team selected that this is the “serious team” which the head coach is preparing for the next T20 World Cup. Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill were rested from the announced team, but Ajit Agarkar and Company have given a big message to veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja before the Champions Trophy.

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This decision is very serious!

Most of the players who were part of Dravid’s planning have now been left out of the team announced against England. At the same time, the selectors gave a big message to Ravindra Jadeja through this team with a big decision. Akshar Patel has been made the vice-captain of the team in the five-match series. And this can also be seen as a message that the discussions going on for the past few days for the Champions Trophy may prove to be true. Patel becoming the vice-captain is in itself a message that Jadeja may now be dropped from the ODI team.

Akshar’s record is something like this

In recent times, Akshar Patel has progressed a lot and transformed himself from a bowler into a good and reliable all-rounder. The team management has sent him to bat first in the upper order on many occasions. Akshar has played 66 T20 matches for India so far. And in these matches he has scored 498 runs at an average of 19.92 and strike-rate of 142.28. This also includes one of his half-centuries, while in bowling this lefty spinner has taken 65 wickets so far. His best performance is 3 wickets for 9 runs.