A 15-member India cricket squad, led by Virat Kohli, left here this morning for Zimbabwe to take on the hosts in a five-game One-Day International series commencing on July 24.
The squad is without inspirational captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been given a break by the national selectors.The selectors have also rested three pace bowlers — Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav — along with spinner R Ashwin.India are visiting the African nation after three years.
In June 2010, an India team led by Suresh Raina took part in a triangular ODI series in Zimbabwe but came a cropper, failing to reach the final.India made amends when they blanked Zimbabwe 2-0 in the Twenty20 series held immediately after the conclusion of the tri-series final won by lanka.Apart from Raina, Kohli was also part of that squad as vice-captain and it included Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Vinay Kumar who are members of the current touring team.