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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh on Saturday.

Regular players like Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant were given a break. Sanju Samson was picked as the first-choice keeper-batter.

Pace sensation Mayank Yadav, who impressed during the last IPL season with Lucknow Super Giants, has been given his first national call-up.

The squad also sees the return of mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy and wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma.

The series will start on 6 October in Gwalior as the second and third T20Is will take place on 9 October in New Delhi and 12 October in Hyderabad.

India’s squad for 3 T20Is against Bangladesh: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav