A young Team India squad, under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, will tour Zimbabwe for a five-match T20I series, starting from Saturday.
Ahead of their departure to Harare, Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma, and Tushar Deshpande, who earned their maiden call-up for Team India, expressed their raw emotions in a video shared by the Board of Control For Cricket in India (BCCI) on X. The Rajasthan Royals batter revealed that he misplaced his passport and mobile phones in excitement before living his dream for the national team.
“So excited that I’ve forgotten my passport. I’ve forgotten my phone. I’ve not forgotten, I’ve misplaced them. But I have it now,” Parag said in a video posted by BCCI.
“Ever since I was a kid, it was a dream to travel like this. Though we play matches, but traveling, wearing Indian clothes, is a dream. It is a new team, almost, a lot of new and old faces. Ever since I was a kid, I dreamt of it. There will be a special connection with Zimbabwe,” he added.
Check out the video here:
Travel Day ✅
The Journey Begins… 👌
Excitement, happiness & more, ft. #TeamIndia newcomers 😎#ZIMvIND | @ParagRiyan | @IamAbhiSharma4 pic.twitter.com/YdhK5jldtW
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2024
Parag was in scintillating form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 which helped him earn a call-up for the national team. He was the third highest run-scorer, amassing 573 runs in 16 matches, that included four half-centuries.
