The BCCI on Monday announced India squad for the Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Jasprit Bumrah returned to the 15-member squad led by Rohit Sharma. Harshal Patel was out of action with a side strain injury but has retained his place in the squad for the Mega showdown in Australia.
There were no surprises as Rishabh Pant has held on to his place in the T20 World Cup squad as the wicketkeeper-batter option along with Dinesh Karthik. It is interesting to see who will play and who will be part of the playing XI.
Axar Patel has earned his maiden World cup call to replace the injured Ravindra Jadeja. Arshdeep Singh, who has been impressive recently, also finds himself on the list of pacers alongside the experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
There are little to no other surprises in the squad. Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, and Ravi Bishnoi are the four standby.
India squad for T20 World Cup
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh
Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh
Standby: Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar
India Squad for Australia ‘T20Is
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar
Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
India squad for South Africa ‘T20Is
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak
Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be reporting to the NCA for conditioning-related work during the course of the two series against Australia and South Africa.
