New Delhi. The Indian cricket team suffered a major setback 24 hours before playing the first Test match against Bangladesh. Star all-rounder Shivam Dubey was dropped from the team without playing any match in the series. Shivam Dubey had to be out of the series due to injury. BCCI has included young all-rounder Tilak Verma in the Indian squad in place of Shivam Dubey. A 3-match T20 series will be played between India and Bangladesh from Sunday (October 6). The first match will be played in Gwalior from 7 pm. Tilak Verma plays for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He will join Team India in Gwalior on Sunday.

21-year-old left-handed batsman Tilak Varma has played 16 T20 International matches for India. During this time, he has scored 336 runs while also taking 2 wickets with his part-time spin bowling. Tilak Verma was injured in the T20 series on the recently concluded Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka tour. Shivam Dube's exclusion is a big setback for the Indian team. However, Tilak Verma's joining the team will strengthen the Indian team. This left-handed batsman has proved his talent in the IPL. He has proved his usefulness in the IPL for Mumbai Indians in recent years.

Tilak Verma's IPL career
Tilak Verma has scored 1156 runs in 38 matches in IPL. During this, his average has been 39.86 while the strike rate has been 146.32. Tilak has scored 6 half-centuries in IPL. During this, his best score has been 84 not out. Team India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav will also be familiar with his game and both of them can make an important partnership in the middle order by coming at number three and four in the batting order.

India-Bangladesh T20 Schedule
India will face Bangladesh in the first T20 match on Sunday (October 6). This match will be held in Gwalior. The second T20 match will be played on October 9 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, while the third and last T20 match will be held on October 12 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Team India clean-swept Bangladesh in the two-match Test series on the current tour.

India's updated squad for the T20 series against Bangladesh:
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav, Tilak Verma.