Team India’s T20 World Cup Squad 2022

Team India will start their 2022 T20 World Cup campaign against the arch-rivals Pakistan at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 23.

Ahead of the much-anticipated contest and the gala event, here’s a look at the squad that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced for the T20 World Cup 2022:

India Squad for ICC T20 World Cup:

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, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Standby Players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.

Key takeaways from India’s T20 World Cup squad:

• India’s frontline pacer Jasprit Bumrah and the master of slower deliveries Harshal Patel are back into the team.
• The young yorker specialist Arshdeep Singh has found a place in the T20 WC squad.
• The master of inswingers, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has also retained his place.
• India’s senior pacer Mohammad Shami fails to find a spot in the Team India squad for T20 World Cup. He has been included in the reserve players’ list.
• Dinesh Karthik returned to the Indian T20I set-up after a stellar show in IPL 2022 for Royal Challengers Bangalore and the limited opportunities he got in Indian colours.
• No place for Kerala wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson in the WC squad as the selectors went with Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik as the two wicket-keeper batters.
• The selectors kept their faith in Deepak Hooda, who had an average Asia Cup outing.
• India’s ace all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja missed out on a place in the T20 World Cup Squad after sustaining a knee injury which also ruled him out of the Asia Cup mid-tournament.
• Axar Patel has been picked in the squad as Jadeja’s replacement. However, it will be interesting to see if he gets a place in playing XI or will Deepak Hooda get the preference.
• Young Ravi Bishnoi, who had an impressive outing in the recent concluded Asia Cup 2022 has failed to find a spot in the WC squad.
• Shreyas Iyer has failed to make a cut into WC squad. Rather he has been placed in the standby players’ list.