Overview
- Sanju Samson’s Instagram video shows Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Rinku Singh and Ravi Bishnoi on a jungle safari near Nagpur, featuring open-jeep rides, a tea break and a hotel bonfire.
- Players visited Pench Tiger Reserve, where officials said the group saw leopards but no tigers during a private outing before returning to Nagpur.
- The five-match T20I series begins on January 21 at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, with further games in Raipur, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram.
- Tilak Varma has been ruled out of at least the first three T20Is with injury, bringing in Shreyas Iyer as cover, while Washington Sundar’s side strain has opened the door for Ravi Bishnoi.
- Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya return to the T20I squad after ODI rest, and Suryakumar Yadav enters the series with an unbeaten record as India’s T20I captain.