India Squad For T20 World Cup 2022 Announced; Mohammed Shami Back In The Team
India T20 World Cup 2022 Team, Squad, Captain, Players List, Live Updates: The All-India Senior Selection Committee met on Monday to pick India’s squads for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia and for the T20I series against Australia and South Africa at home.
Team India has arguably the best top 4 in world cricket at the moment when it comes to the T20I format. Opening the innings for India will be skipper Rohit Sharma and flamboyant KL Rahul. The duo has been very successful for India in the shortest format of the game but there are some concerns over Rahul’s form in recent times. He just managed to hit a one-half century in Asia Cup that too in a dead rubber contest. The upcoming Australia and South Africa T20I series are going to be crucial for him.
Virat Kohli has returned to form with a magnificent show with the bat in the Asia Cup. He was probably the only positive outcome for India from the multi-nation tournament in the UAE. Kohli has a great record in T20 World Cups and was named Player of Tournament twice in 2014 and 2016 for his exemplary show with the bat.
Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav is arguably one of the best T20 batters in the business at the moment with his 360-degree playing abilities. He is going to be the X-factor for India in the T20 World Cup.
Two Wicketkeeping Options in Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant!
The selectors continue to back Rishabh Pant despite his below-par record in the shortest format of the game. Pant had a forgettable Asia Cup with the bat where he struggled to score runs at a healthy rate. Meanwhile, Dinesh Karthik, who just faced one ball in the Asia Cup also got a place in the T20 World Cup squad. He is expected to play the role of finisher if he gets a chance in playing XI.
KL Rahul can be considered as the third wicketkeeping option in the squad as he has kept wickets for his IPL franchise in the past and even donned the role of glovesman in Indian colours.
Three Spinners Find Place in India's T20 World Cup Squad
After missing out on last year’s T20 World Cup, Yuzvendra Chahal has booked a seat on the flight for Australia this year. He is going to be the first choice spinner for India in the Australian conditions. Despite not playing all the matches in Asia Cup, Ravichandran Ashwin also managed to get a place in the 15-member squad. The veteran spinner was part of last year’s WC squad but he failed to produced any magic in the UAE at that time.
Meanwhile, Axar Patel has been picked as a like-to-like replacement in the squad for injured Ravindra Jadeja who failed to make the cut after knee surgery.
Deepak Hooda is the only part-time spinner in India’s squad for the T20 World Cup but it will be difficult for him to find a place in the XI.
India Pick Four Pacers Plus Hardik Pandya For T20 World Cup!
India returned to their four pacers plus Hardik Pandya (as the fifth option) strategy after their strategy of picking three specialist fast-bowlers backfired in Asia Cup 2022. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh retained their places in the T20 WC team from the Asia Cup squad, while Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel recovered from their injuries in time to give India a massive boost for T20 World Cup.
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Some Notable Omissions From 15-man T20 World Cup Squad
The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Monday announced India’s squads for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. There were not many surprises in the squad as India stuck with most of the players which travelled to the UAE for Asia Cup 2022.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Deepak Chahar, Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer are the notable omissions who failed to make the cut to the 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup.
Hardik, Arshdeep, Bhuvneshwar Will Report to the NCA
“Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be reporting to the NCA for conditioning-related work during the course of the home series against Australia and South Africa," the BCCI said in a statement.
India squad for South Africa T20Is: Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Rested!
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, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
India Squad for Australia T20Is: Mohammad Shami Finds Spot!
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, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
No Place for Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan!
Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan, who were part of Asia Cup squad, failed to find place in the 15-member squad. While all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja ruled out due to a knee injury.
Four Standby Players Announced
India Squad For T20 World Cup Announced
India T20 World Cup 2022 Team Announcement Live Updates
Team India squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 along with their series for Australia and South Africa will be announced today. The squad is expected to be out after 06.00 PM. Stay tuned here for all the latest update.
Doubts Over Ravindra Jadeja's Place in Squad!
Team India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja recently underwent knee surgery which put his place in India’s T20 World Cup squad in jeopardy. It’s highly unlikely for him to recover in time for the WC and the BCCI has a tricky task ahead of them for his replacement. Axar Patel is the only choice India have at the moment as a like-to-like replacement for Jadeja, but it will be interesting to see whether the selectors root for him or a specialist.
Harbhajan Singh Wants Umran Malik in T20 World Cup Squad!
Check RP Singh's 15-man India Squad for T20 World Cup
RP Singh picked his fifteen-man squad for the T20 World Cup where he made some interesting picks by including Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami.
RP Singh’s squad for T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, KL Rahul, Deepak Chahar.
Reserves: Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson, Ravichandran Ashwin
Check Ashish Nehra's 15-man India Squad for T20 World Cup
Recently, former India pacer Ashish Nehra sat down to pick his fifteen-man squad for the upcoming tournament and his choices were not surprising at all.
Ashish Nehra’s 15-man India Squad for T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda.
Shikhar Dhawan to Lead India in South Africa ODIs as T20 WC-bound Players Likely to be Rested: Report
Shikhar Dhawan will once again be leading the Indian team in the upcoming ODIs against South Africa at home, starting October 6 in Lucknow. The 3-match series will commence after as many T20s, to be played in Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati and Indore on September 28, October 2 and 4, respectively.
According to news agency ANI, the captaincy will be handed over to Dhawan as T20 World Cup-bound players are likely to be rested. Also, former India batter and NCA chief VVS Laxman is likely to be with the team as a coach in absence of head coach Rahul Dravid, the report added. India T20 World Cup 2022 Team Annoucement Live Updates: BHUVNESHWAR OR CHAHAR OR BOTH
With Australian pitches not as much conducive to swing bowling, the selectors may as well eventually decide to travel with one swing bowler in the squad and Chahar, who himself is making a comeback after a lengthy injury layoff, could pip the more experienced Kumar owing to his ability to bowl in the death overs and slightly superior batting skills than Kumar. There is also some bit of clamour to include Mohammad Shami, who has been ignored in this format for a long time. To put into perspective, Shami’s last T20 game came in November 2021 – against Namibia in the T20 World Cup 2021, in a tournament which was rather uneventful for the Amroha-born speedster.
Arshdeep Singh may have received a lot of flak over that dropped catch like Chetan Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah his name is now etched in the India-Pakistan rivalry for the wrong reasons, there is no denying the fact that the youngster held his bowl with the ball in the death over and more than deserves a trip to Australia as one of the backup pacers. The bonus is that he is a left-armer, adding variety to the attack.
India T20 World Cup 2022 Team Annoucement Live Updates: Will Shami, Samson be the Surprise Picks; Selectors to Meet Today
There has been repeated clamour for the inclusion of Mohammad Shami in the squad looking at the way how India’s secon-string pace bowling attack fared at the Asia Cup. However, even though Shami had a decent IPL 2022 for Gujarat Titans, his last T20I game for India came in November 2021. He has been out of the picture ever since.
While Sanju Samson has been there and there about. But the presence of Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik and Ishan Kishan ahead of him made him a very unlikely choice. But, with Kishan seemingly gone off the radar, and with experts saying that Samson may be the best Indian batter suited for the pacy and bouncy Australian tracks, who knows, the Keralite may get a place, maybe at the expense of a Deepak Hooda. We will have to wait and watch
India's T20 World Cup Squad Likely to be Announced, Selectors to Meet in the Afteroon Today: Reports
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is likely to announce the squad for the much-awaited T20 World Cup 2022 on Monday. It has been learned that the committee of selectors is scheduled to hold a meeting in the afternoon where a decision will be taken on the final fifteen for the mega ICC event, starting October 16 in Australia.
Ever since Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid came at the helm, the Indian team management has been testing its large pool of talented players at different positions. The Indian skipper has often stated in public that the T20 World Cup Down Under is their ultimate goal and hence, they are trying out every possible option to have the best resource available across departments.
Selectors Expected to Meet Today Afternoon to Pick 15-member Squad – Reports
While most of the batters pick themselves in the squad, including Virat Kohli, who returned to form at the Asia Cup, scoring two fifties and a century, there ar question marks over India’s lower order, and second and third choice allrounders and spinners.
On the basis of performances in the Asia Cup, it looks certain that Avesh Khan will miss out and India will have the tough choice when it comes to picking either one from the swing bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar. Notwithstanding Kumar’s superlative spell of 5/4 against Afghanistan on Thursday, the UP bowler struggled in the death overs, leaking 19 and 14 runs in the Pakistan and Sri Lanka games, respectively.
Ahead of the squad selection, there is of course some good news for India with pacer spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and T20I specialist Harshal Patel reportedly recovering from their respective injuries. Bumrah missed the Asia Cup 2022 owing to a back injury, while Patel was at the NCA recuperating from a rib injury.
Ravindra Jadeja, who sustained a knee injury during the Asia Cup 2022 has undergone surgery and is unlikely to be in the reckoning for the T20 World Cup squad.
India Squad for T20 World Cup 2022 Announcement Live Updates:
It is being reported that the selection committee with meet in Mumbai to select the 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 to be held in Australia, alongside the team for the home series against Australia and South Africa starting September 20.
Also on the agenda will be the review of India’s Asia Cup 2022 performance. India were knocked out of the Supr4 stage after losses to Pakistan and eventual winners, Sri Lanka. India’s team came under scrutiny for their experimentation in playing XI throughout the tournament.
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It is being reported that the selection committee with meet in Mumbai to select the 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 to be held in Australia, alongside team for the home series against Australia and South Africa starting September 20.
Also on the agenda will be the review of India’s Asia Cup 2022 performance. India were knocked out of the Supr4 stage after losses to Pakistan and eventual winners, Sri Lanka. India’s team came under scrutiny for their experimentation in playing XI throughout the tournament.
With Doubts Over Jasprit Bumrah’s Fitness; India’s T20 World Cup Squad Set to be Announced
Ahead of the squad selection, there is of course some good news for India with pacer spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and T20I specialist Harshal Patel reportedly recovering from their respective injuries. Bumrah missed the Asia Cup 2022 owing to a back injury, while Patel was at the NCA recuperating from a rib injury.
Ravindra Jadeja, who sustained a knee injury during the Asia Cup 2022 has undergone surgery and is unlikely to be in the reckoning for the T20 World Cup squad.
While most of the batters pick themselves in the squad, including Virat Kohli, who returned to form at the Asia Cup, scoring two fifties and a century, there ar question marks over India’s lower order, and second and third choice allrounders and spinners.
On the basis of performances in the Asia Cup, it looks certain that Avesh Khan will miss out and India will have the tough choice when it comes to picking either one from the swing bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar. Notwithstanding Kumar’s superlative spell of 5/4 against Afghanistan on Thursday, the UP bowler struggled in the death overs, leaking 19 and 14 runs in the Pakistan and Sri Lanka games, respectively.
Arshdeep Singh may have received a lot of flak over that dropped catch like Chetan Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah his name is now etched in the India-Pakistan rivalry for the wrong reasons, there is no denying the fact that the youngster held his bowl with the ball in the death over and more than deserves a trip to Australia as one of the backup pacers. The bonus is that he is a left-armer, adding variety to the attack.
This brings to the wicketkeepers/finishers in the squad and it will be a real toss-up here even though both Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant are likely to feature in the squad. While Karthik ended up bowling more deliveries than he faced in the entire Asia Cup, to be fair to him, he did not get a consistent run in the Asia Cup. On the other hand, Pant was dropped for the first Pakistan game, and after that had unconvincing scores of 14, 17 and 20*. His being a left-hander who can also bat at the top of the order will work in his favour, but there is a very definite outside chance for India to give Sanju Samson a ticket to Australia. Will it be at the expense of either one from Pant or Karthik or he travel as the backup keeper, and that will be something interesting to keep an eye out for.
Even though Ravindra Jadeja’s unavailability compounds Sharma’s headache of picking a balanced XI, it makes the selector’s job a bit easy with Axar Patel most likely to be drafted in his place in the squad. It will be interesting to see if Deepak Hooda manages to retain his place as a batting allrounder and the sixth bowling option. Hardik Pandya will be India’s lead all-rounder, but the Asia cup 2022 proved that he is yet to develop himself as one of the premier bowling options at Rohit Sharma’s disposal in this Indian team.
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