India handed debuts to Mayank Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy for the primary T20I in opposition to Bangladesh on Sunday in Gwalior.
Whereas the 22-year-old tempo sensation, Mayank was handed his maiden India cap by former India spinner Murali Karthik, Nitish obtained his first cap from Parthiv Patel.
The duo was noticed forward of the toss, marking their run-up, with the bowling coach Morne Morkel aiding Mayank with a measuring tape on the new Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior.
Mayank made headlines in Indian cricket throughout this 12 months’s Indian Premier League season. Regardless of making solely 4 appearances within the latest season, Mayank grabbed the eye of the cricketing fraternity together with his uncooked tempo. His seven wickets included smarting the likes of Jonny Bairstow and Glenn Maxwell.
“India has simply discovered its quickest bowler … very spectacular,” former Australia pacer Brett Lee praised the Delhi-born pacer in his first IPL season. Lee even criticised the Lucknow Tremendous Giants administration for poorly managing Mayank’s again harm, and suggesting that had he not been injured, he would have made the lower for India’s T20 World Cup squad.
21-year-old Nitish Kumar Reddy was the IPL 2024 Rising Participant of the Season. The seam-bowling all-rounder performed a pivotal function in Sunrisers Hyderabad reaching the ultimate.
In 13 appearances throughout the season, Nitish scored 303 runs and likewise snapped three wickets.
India’s enjoying XI vs Bangladesh, 1st T20: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Nitish Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav