Mumbai, Dec. 20 -- Suryakumar Yadav will be leading a 15-man strong squad in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, with Shubman Gill, till yet the vice-captain of the T20I team being dropped from the squad amid fitness and form concerns, and Axar Patel getting back the deputy duties.

Also, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan returns to the side as a second wicketkeeper-batter choice on the back of a title-winning campaign for Jharkhand in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) recently, where he also emerged as the top run-getter.

The team was announced by the BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia at the board's headquarters on Saturday in the presence of captain Suryakumar Yadav and chief selector Ajit Agarkar on Saturday. Speaking at the news conference A...