September 9
BCCI announced the the Indian Team for upcoming T20 World Cup to be held in UAE and Oman in October-November. India will open their campaign against Pakistan from October 24.
India squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), K.L. Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar and Varun Chakravarthy.
Standbyes: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur.
The Team is having three pace bowlers and as many as five spinners.
Ravichandran Ashwin has been named in India’s T20 World Cup after a 4-year gap in the shortest format.
Aswin has been picked up in the Team because of his performance in IPL, said Chief selector Chetan Sharma.
Sharma added, ‘R Ashwin is playing IPL regularly and also performing well. We need an off-spinner in the T20 World Cup Team’ because the wickets might be low and will help spinners’.
Chief Selector said, Virat Kohli is unlikely to play as opener. The selectors have earmarked Rohit Sharma, K.L. Rahul and Ishan Kishan for opening place.
