
The legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar congratulated Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, and Rahul Tewatia on Sunday, as the trio received their maiden call-ups for India for the upcoming T20I series against England.
As BCCI announced a 19-member squad for the upcoming 5-match T20I series against England, starting next month from March 12, former Indian cricketers commended the new players for getting their call-ups for the Indian Team.
Sachin Tendulkar applauded young guns for their achievement
Sachin Tendulkar took to his Twitter account on Sunday posted, “Heartiest congratulations @ishankishan51, @rahultewatia02 & @surya_14kumar for your maiden call up to the Indian Team, and also to @chakaravarthy29, who missed out in Australia. Playing for India is the highest honour for any cricketer. Wishing you all a lot of success.”
The newly built Motera stadium is the venue for the five-match T20I series against England.
India’s Squad for the upcoimg T20I series: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur