This time it is going to be very difficult for the selectors to choose 15 players from the Indian team for the T20 World Cup. At present, many Indian players are performing wonderfully in T20 cricket. In the recently concluded India-South Africa series too, in the absence of senior players, some players have made their claim for the T20 team with a solid performance. Apart from this, there are many young players who remained on the bench in this series or did not get a place in Team India despite their great performance in IPL 2022. If these players have a chance in the upcoming T20 series and do it right, selectors can run into a mountain of trouble.
Dinesh Karthik is the first name on this. He scored runs in the series against South Africa with a batting average of 46 and a strike rate of 158.62. He was also the man of the match in a match. Apart from Karthik, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal also performed well in this series. Harshal took the most wickets (7) in this series. At the same time, Chahal remained at number two with 6 wickets. Avesh Khan also took 4 wickets here. His economy rate was also better. All these four players are the ones who were not part of the last T20 World Cup squad. In such a situation, along with the old players, these four new contenders will also increase the concern of the coaches.
There is no shortage of contenders in the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup. Now players like Umran Malik, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi still don’t stand a chance. All of these players will be part of Team India on the tour of Ireland. If these players perform well here and succeed in making their place in Team India even more so, then the problems of the selectors will increase.
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan are the batsmen who were also part of the T20 World Cup squad last time and will almost be in this team this time too. Apart from these, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are also strong contenders to be selected in the squad like last time. The selection of Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami in fast bowling is almost certain.
Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (Vice-Captain), Lokesh Rahul, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (Week), Ishan Kishan (Week), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakraborty , Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami Substitute Players: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel and Deepak Chahar.