Abhishek: Coach and captain told me I was going to win big games

Radha Yadav, Yastika Bhatia and Sayali Satghare, who were part of the previous T20I squad that played against England, have been left out

This will be Ashwin’s first T20 franchise stint outside the IPL after he opted out of his BBL deal with Sydney Thunder because of a knee injury

The allrounder is confident of returning to India’s white-ball sides when his shoulder injury has fully healed