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Published 16:49 IST, July 6th 2024

Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma Make Their Team India Debuts in India vs Zimbabwe T20I Series

India and Zimbabwe take each other on in the first T20I match of India's T20I series against Zimbabwe at Harare. There are three debutants in the India squad.

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Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma with their first India cap
Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma with their first India cap | Image: X/@BCCI

In a special moment, Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma have been rewarded for their fantastic performances in the IPL with their first international caps for India.  The duo makes their debut for Team India in their 1st T20I game against Zimbabwe. 

India takes on Zimbabwe in the 1st T20I a five match T20I series between the two nations at Harare. The newly crowned T20 World Cup champions have elected a new squad for their tour of Zimabwe and named Shubman Gill as captain. 

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Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma and Dhruv Jurel make their debuts

As the toss arrived for the first T20I series, the coin toss fell in the favour of Shubman Gill and he elected to bowl first in the contest.  When asked about team news Shubman Gill revealed that India was fielding three debutants, Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma and Dhruv Jurel.

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Riyan Parag had been waiting for this moment to make his debut for Team India for a long time and it finally arrived as he was rewarded the no. 112 cap.  As for Abhishek Sharma he was simply sensational for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2024 with the bat and with the ball was rewarded with his debut.  

Dhruv Jurel who had already represented India in test matches was also rewarded with T209I debut for the men in blue. 

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Updated 16:58 IST, July 6th 2024