New Delhi: India is looking to end its 17-year wait for a T20 World Cup trophy in the ongoing ninth edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
India won the inaugural edition played in South Africa under MS Dhoni’s leadership in 2007 but has failed to become champions again since then. This time, under Rohit Sharma’s leadership, the Men in Blue are desperate to end the duck and become champions for the second time.
India will open its campaign in the T20 World Cup 2024 on Wednesday (June 5) against Ireland. The Group A match is scheduled to take place at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
India has won all seven T20Is played against Ireland so far, and the Men in Blue would like to maintain the perfect win record on Wednesday as well. India reached the semifinals of the 2022 edition of the T20 World Cup but suffered a humiliating defeat against England in the last four match played in Adelaide on November 10, 2022.
India has retained eight players from the 2022 T20 World Cup squad for this year’s tournament, and some big names are making a comeback to the T20I side.
Ahead of the start of India’s first match in the T20 World Cup 2024, here is a look at the complete list of changes in India’s T20 World Cup squad:
OUT: KL Rahul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, and Harshal Patel are seven players from the 2022 T20 World Cup squad that will miss the ongoing 2024 edition of the shortest format mega event. Of these seven players, Shami was not available for selection due to injury, and the rest six were dropped.
IN: Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja missed the last edition of the T20 World Cup due to injury-related issues, but they are back this time. In addition to the star duo, Indian selectors picked Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Mohammed Siraj in India’s T20 World Cup squad for the first time in their careers.
Retained players: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, and Yuzvendra Chahal are eight players who have managed to retain their place in the T20 World Cup 2024 squad from the previous edition.
India’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube.
