Dhir, who was initially picked for the Australia A one-dayers, smashed a chart-topping 655 runs in ten games at a strike rate of 217.61 and a best of 173 Sher-E-Punjab T20 league. With Shreyas Iyer leading the T20I side in the Asian Games, Dhir has been picked for a middle-order role, as has Ruturaj Gaikwad. Dhruv Jurel has also been included as a back-up wicketkeeper to KL Rahul.
Nabi has been part of India’s ODI and Test squads previously but is yet to make his international debut. He is part of a seam attack that includes Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Gurnoor Brar, apart from Reddy.
Shubman Gill (capt), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul (vice-capt), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj, Auqib Nabi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Naman Dhir
Shreyas Iyer (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma (vice-capt), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav
