{"id":190610,"date":"2026-07-06T08:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190610"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:45:43","slug":"india-squad-for-zimbabwe-tour-sanju-samson-dropped-prabhsimran-singh-earns-maiden-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190610","title":{"rendered":"India squad for Zimbabwe tour: Sanju Samson dropped; Prabhsimran Singh earns maiden call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71189748\">Sanju Samson has been dropped from India\u2019s squad for its upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, with Prabhsimran Singh earning a maiden call-up to the senior team.<\/p>\n<p>Samson, who was Player of the Tournament in India\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 title-winning campaign earlier this year, had played three matches before losing his spot to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.<\/p>\n<p>Prabhsimran had an inconsistent IPL 2026 season, scoring 510 runs at a strike-rate of 168.87 for Punjab Kings but falling away as the tournament progressed.<\/p>\n<p>Among the other changes, Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur, and Ashok Sharma have been called up while Rinku Singh and Mayank Yadav both return to the squad.<\/p>\n<p>The BCCI also announced that Shivam Dube will replace Nitish Kumar Reddy in India\u2019s squad for the ODI series against England after Nitish was ruled out through injury.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nIndia squad for Zimbabwe tour<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>\nShreyas Iyer (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Rinku Singh, Harsh Dubey, Varun Chakaravarathy, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Prabhsimran Singh (WK).\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>More to follow&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 06, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/india-squad-for-zimbabwe-tour-t20i-squad-samson-dropped-prabhsimran-rinku-mayank-ashok-full-list\/article71189748.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanju Samson has been dropped from India\u2019s squad for its upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, with Prabhsimran Singh earning a maiden call-up to the senior team. Samson, who was Player of the Tournament in India\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 title-winning campaign earlier this year, had played three matches before losing his spot to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Prabhsimran &#8230; <a title=\"India squad for Zimbabwe tour: Sanju Samson dropped; Prabhsimran Singh earns maiden call-up\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190610\" aria-label=\"Read more about India squad for Zimbabwe tour: Sanju Samson dropped; Prabhsimran Singh earns maiden call-up\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP_B8XU48F.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177391,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177391","url_meta":{"origin":190610,"position":0},"title":"India T20I squad for Ireland and England series: Shreyas Iyer named captain, Suryakumar dropped; Sooryavanshi gets maiden call-up","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced the squads for India\u2019s T20I series in Ireland and England, to be held in June and July, respectively. 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