Hardik Pandya-led Team India leave for Ireland series

Hardik Pandya-led Team India has left for Ireland from Mumbai ahead of their 2-match T20I series. Yuzvendra Chahal shared a picture on his Twitter along with Ruturaj Gaikwad before Team India's departure on Thursday early morning. 

While Hardik Pandya was named as the captain of the 17-member squad, VVS Laxman has been named as their coach.

The Indian Team who will be touring Ireland after 2018 is scheduled to play 2 match T20I on June 26 and June 28 in Dublin.

While Suryakumar Yadav, Rahul Tripathi and Sanju Samson have been included in the squad, the bowling department remains the same as the South Africa series.

After the completion of the Ireland series, the selected players would be travelling to England for the 3-match T20 series which begins on July 7. 

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Full squad: Hardik Pandya (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vc), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, R Bishnoi, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik