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Shubman Gill will lead India in the five-match T20I series in Zimbabwe. (BCCI)
The dust has settled and the hangover from Bridgetown is still lingering. But in Harare, India will take a fresh guard in a format that has just brought them a World Cup. Exactly a week after Rohit Sharma & Co lifted the title, at the Harare Sports Club India are officially entering a period of transition with an eye on the next T20 World Cup to be played at home and in Sri Lanka.
While much of their roadmap will be clear only after a new head coach takes over, India’s immediate focus is very much on Test cricket, especially the tour of Australia later this year. The Indian Express understands that keeping the gruelling schedule ahead, which will see them play 10 Tests between September to January, India are prepared to try out young guns in the T20Is and ODIs even for the tour of Sri Lanka that follows soon after the Zimbabwe trip. (READ MORE)
