Overview

• Ajit Agarkar announced a 15-man squad in Mumbai, keeping faith with India’s established T20 core and naming Shubman Gill vice-captain after reports had suggested he might be omitted.
• Jasprit Bumrah was cleared by physios and returns to the attack with Arshdeep Singh, while pacer Mohammed Siraj was left out and Harshit Rana earned a place.
• Shreyas Iyer was not selected for the main squad, and Yashasvi Jaiswal was listed among standbys as Abhishek Sharma’s top-order form and bowling option were cited by selectors.
• The batting and all-round unit includes Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel and Rinku Singh, with Sanju Samson in the squad and Jitesh Sharma as backup wicketkeeper.
• During the announcement, a BCCI official stopped a question on the Pakistan fixture, highlighting the board’s tightly managed media interaction.