India Announce Their 15-member Squad For The Upcoming 20-20 World Cup In Australia
Team India Squad for 20-20 World Cup (Image Source: Twitter)
After a disastrous Asia Cup campaign, Team India now will look to do well in the upcoming 20-20 World Cup in Australia. In the last edition of the World Cup, India failed to qualify from their respective group. Therefore, ahead of the Asia Cup, fans were expecting a good show from India as they were enjoying a great run in the T20I format.
But, they started well by winning the group stage matches. In the ‘Super Four’ stage, they lost the path. Pakistan and Sri Lanka defeated them while they only managed to win against Afghanistan. It was enough for them to get crashed out of this year’s Asia Cup. Now, on 12 September 2022, the Indian selectors announced the final squad for the next edition of the 20-20 World Cup.
Here is the tweet:
Standby players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 12, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel are back in the squad for India after their recent injury setbacks
Speaking of the announced squad, Rohit Sharma is going to lead the team in the World Cup. Along with him, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav will be in the top order. In the middle order, India will hope for a good show from Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, and Hardik Pandya.
Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya will be the options for All-rounders. Ravindra Jadeja will miss the World Cup for his knee injury. In the spin department, India is going with Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Ravichandran Ashwin.
In the pace bowling unit, India is going with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, and Jasprit Bumrah. Both Harshal and Bumrah are back for India after their recent injury setback. Meanwhile, selectors have considered the veteran pacer Mohammed Shami as a stand-by player. Along with him, India has gone with Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, and Ravi Bishnoi as stand-bys.
India’s 15-member squad for the World Cup: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, and Jasprit Bumrah.
Stand-by players: Mohammad Shami, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, and Ravi Bishnoi.
