MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah set to join T20I squad for USA series

Out of 17 member squad which is in West Indies for four-match Test series, six are likely to return home.

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MS Dhoni and Jasprit Bumrah will join the rest of the squad in the USA. (Source: PTI)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) working committee approved the two T20 international matches against West Indies in the United States of America. It will be first trip for Indian team in the west and Indian board in its press release stated it has been continuous efforts to reach out to new markets and audiences.

The Indian Express had reported earlier of Indian team playing a T20 game against West Indies in USA post their four-Test match series in Caribbean. Indian team is likely to send a short squad with MS Dhoni to lead India side in two T20 games. Young pacer Jasprit Bumrah is expected to fly alongwith the Indian captain.

Out of 17 member squad which is in West Indies, six are likely to comeback home. It is reliably learnt that Indian top order M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha, all-rounder Stuart Binny, pacers Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav are likely to come back home after their long trip to the West Indies.

“As it will be a short tour the Indian team will go with 14 members squad. Dhoni and Bumrah might join the team straight in USA,” a source in the selection committee inform.

However, in the desire of the board’s initiative to give cricket fans in USA chance to see Indian stars, the BCCI has certainly lost the plot with the Duleep Trophy which is expected to be played on August 23 in Noida.

The Duleep Trophy had caught everyone’s eye this season as it is schedule to be held with pink ball and that too day-night affairs. The board has been struggling to find a place to hold the Duleep Trophy tournament which is now learnt to be a three-team affair.

No top stars in first Duleep tie

The BCCI president Anurag Thakur had earlier stated that all contracted players will have to turn up for Duleep Trophy. The BCCI is going to take its top players’ feedback and later will decide whether to go ahead with pink ball Test with New Zealand. However, the first game of Duleep Trophy is expected to see pool of players from first class cricket as Indian players will be in West Indies and later in US, whereas, the second string team, India A, will be in Australia.

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However, it is learnt that players have already been told that after two the T20 series in USA, all players will have to be part of Duleep Trophy game. Even though BCCI president Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke have expressed their overjoy of reaching people from different part of the world, back in India, there is certainly worry in their domestic openers.

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