Kolkata Knight Riders young star Rinku Singh who managed to win several games for his team in the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League is likely to fly to Ireland for the T20I series to be played in August 2023. Along with him, Chennai Super Kings batter Ruturaj Gaikwad is also likely to be flown for the Ireland series, slated on August 18, 20 and 23.
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Rinku Singh was expected to be included in the recently announced India’s T20I squad for the West Indies squad, and his non-selection from the team led to several questions. However, a report by the Indian Express suggests that the selection committee reportedly wanted to try young sides one by one.
A BCCI source was quoted by the news platform, “Rinku and other players who did well in the IPL will fly to Ireland as the selection committee doesn’t want to try everyone at one stage. There are seven players of the Indian ODI team who are not going to play T20 as those players are key for us going ahead as they will be playing Asia Cup in late August.”
The BCCI committee has asked the board to have more India A tours and try players there before being given a call for the senior national team. The report further states that the BCCI is in talks with a few boards regarding India A tours.
Speaking of India’s T20I team for the West Indies Tour, Rajasthan Royals star Yashasvi Jaiswal, who outshone others in the 16th IPL edition along with Mumbai Indians’ player Tilak Varma will be a part of the Hardik Pandya-led contingent. Notably, in 14 games of the IPL 2023, 21-year-old Jaiswal scored 625 runs at an average of 48.07 and a strike rate of 163.61.
