On Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) selection committee headed by MSK Prasad has announced the Indian squad for the two-match T20I series against Ireland which he scheduled to be played on 27^th and 29^th of June in Dublin.

Virat Kohli will be leading the strong looking Indian team that will be up against the young Ireland squad team. The Indian team will play two T20I matches to kick off the tour to Ireland which will be followed by a long tour to England which is scheduled to be commencing in early July and will end in the month of September.

Suresh Raina has once again got the chance in the T20I squad after his decent performances in recent T20Is and the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as well. Siddharth Kaul has also received the call-up after the mind-boggling spells in IPL 2018 for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Surprisingly, Washington Sundar, who had a brilliant outing in the Nidahas Trophy 2018 but dismal show in IPL 11 so far has also been retained in India’s T20I squad against Ireland.

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Before the start of international fixtures in England, Kohli will be playing county cricket in England (for Surrey) so as to acclimatize to the conditions there as he had a dismal outing the last time India toured to England in 2014.

Here is the Indian squad for three-match T20I series against Ireland:

Virat Kohli (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni(wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddharth Kaul, Umesh Yadav

#TeamIndia for two-match T20I series against Ireland announced

Virat (Capt), Shikhar, Rohit, KL Rahul, Raina, Manish, MS Dhoni(wk), Dinesh Karthik, Chahal, Kuldeep, Sundar, Bhuvneshwar, Bumrah, Hardik, Kaul, Umesh #IREvIND

— BCCI (@BCCI) May 8, 2018

Here is the schedule of the series:

1st T20I – Jun 27, Wed – The Village, Dublin – 8:30 PM
2nd T20I – Jun 29, Fri – The Village, Dublin – 8:30 PM