Abhishek Sharma is set to make his India debut today against Zimbabwe in Harare.
India’s stand-in captain Shubman Gill confirmed that the uncapped batter will open the innings.
Abhishek had a terrific IPL 2024 with Hyderabad.
He scored 484 runs in 16 matches at a strike-rate of 204.22.
Abhishek’s average was also an impressive 32.26 in the IPL edition.
Tushar Deshpande, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel are some of the new faces in India's T20I squad.
Parag and Rinku Singh are expected to fit in the middle order.
Jitesh Sharma or Jurel will handle wicketkeeping duties.
Big names like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja are not part of the squad.
Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal are available from the third T20I onwards.