IND v WI: Avesh Khan makes his T20I debut for India

Avesh Khan is all set to make his India debut in the final T20I against West Indies.

On Sunday, India will play the third and final T20I against the team West Indies, at the Eden Garden in Kolkata. Avesh Khan made his debut in the Indian team to play the final T20I match against West Indies.

The pacer of the Indian Squad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar who is his senior as well, handed him his maiden cap. Avesh is a right-arm fast bowler, who had a sensational outing in the last edition of the IPL (Indian Premier League).  In the previous edition of the IPL, he represented DC. (Delhi Capitals). From 16 matches With 24 scalps, Avesh Khan had emerged as the 2nd highest wicket-taker. And ever since, he was in the mix for India, during the format of limited over.

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Kieron Pollard, the West Indies captain won the toss and decided to field first. Rituraj Gaikwad opened the inning with Ishan Kishan.  Like Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Bhuvneshwar including Yuzvendra Chahal were rested for the contest. In the team of XI, Shreyas Iyer, the experienced batter too found his name

Today’s Playing XIs in Indian Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan (Wicket Keeper), Avesh Khan (Debut), Rituraj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar. Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, Shreyas Iyer.