India announced squad for T20 World Cup

India announced squad for T20 World Cup

Last Updated Sep - 12 - 2022, 05:10 AM | Source : FELA News

New Delhi: BCCI has announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. The tournament is set to commence next month. The tournament will see the return of Jasprit Bumrah who was suffering from injury. The squad will however miss all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja who sustained an injury during the Asia Cup. The T20 World Cup 2022 final will take place on November 13. A total of 45 matches will be played during the tournament.

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The squad includes- Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

???? NEWS: India’s squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Y Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, B Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 12, 2022

The squad has included standby players- Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.

The venue of the tournament is Australia. India will play their opening match of the T20 World Cup 2022 on October 23 against Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground. India is part of group 2 in the tournament with teams like Pakistan, South Africa, and Bangladesh in their pool.

India recently faced a poor show in Asia Cup 2022, where they could not even reach the final. The Rohit Sharma-led side lost back-to-back matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the super four round, which resulted in their elimination from the way to the final.

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