Tendulkar also mentioned Varun Chakravarthy, who had missed out on the Australian tour.
Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar sent out a congratulatory message for Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, and Rahul Tewatia after they were included in the Indian T20I team for the first time.
Team India announced their T20I squad for the 5-match series against England in Ahmedabad, which is scheduled to begin on March 12. The squad saw three new names and a name that was included during the T20I series against Australia but was removed later.
Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, and Rahul Tewatia managed to break into the Indian T20I squad on the back of some tremendous IPL and domestic performances over the years. The name that was removed before the T20I series was that of Varun Chakravarthy, who had an unrevealed shoulder injury.
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All four of them will be seen for the first time with an Indian side and might even get their India caps in the five-match series against England.
Sachin Tendulkar posted a congratulatory message for them on Twitter that read, "Heartiest congratulations @ishankishan51, @rahultewatia02 & @surya_14kumar for your maiden call up to the Indian Team, and also to @chakaravarthy29, who missed out in Australia. Playing for Flag of India is the highest honour for any cricketer. Wishing you all a lot of success."
Heartiest congratulations @ishankishan51, @rahultewatia02 & @surya_14kumar for your maiden call up to the Indian Team, and also to @chakaravarthy29, who missed out in Australia.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 21, 2021
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