India T20I squad for Zimbabwe announced: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi included, Sanju Samson dropped; Check full team, schedule

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday announced a 15-member squad for India's three-match T20 International series against Zimbabwe, starting July 23.

Shreyas Iyer is set to lead the side with Tilak Varma as his deputy.

The squad, which will be travelling to Harare, includes Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Mayank Yadav and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi among others.


Uncapped pacers Ashok Sharma and Yash Thakur have also been named in the squad.

India's squad for the Zimbabwe T20Is: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Varun Chakaravarthy, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav and Prabhsimran Singh (WK).

India's Tour of Zimbabwe 2026

Date	Match	Venue
July 23 (Thursday)	1st T20I	Harare
July 25 (Saturday)	2nd T20I	Harare
July 26 (Sunday)	3rd T20I	Harare

Separately, the BCCI also named Shivam Dube as a replacement for Nitish Kumar Reddy in India's ODI squad for the ongoing tour of England.

India's updated ODI squad for England: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Shivam Dube.