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T20 WORLD CUP

The return of Bumrah and Harshal

Patel and mystery of missing Shami

Pacers Shami and Deepak Chahar have been included in the squad for T20 World Cup
as standby players and also feature in squads for the two-home series

OUR BUREAU
Mumbai/Dubai
he All-India Senior Selection
Committee met on Mon-
Tday to pick India’s squads
for the upcoming ICC Men’s
T20 World Cup in Australia and
for the T20I series against Aus-
tralia and South Africa at home.
Pacers Jasprit Bumrah and
Harshal Patel have made their return
to the squad for the World Cup and
for Australia and South Africa series.
Pacers Mohammed Shami and Deep-
ak Chahar have been included in the
squad for T20 World Cup as standby
players and also feature in squads for
the two-home series. ICC T20 World
Cup will take place this year from Oc-
tober 16 to November 13.
Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep
Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
will be reporting to the Nation-
al Cricket Academy (NCA) for
conditioning-related work during
the course of the home series
against Australia and South Africa.

India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma during a post-match interaction
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL
Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah. has not been announced yet. the fact that he has the bounce and
Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hoo- SHAMI SHOULD IN THE TEAM: can get early wickets.
da, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), India squad for South Africa T20Is: KRIS SRIKKANTH “If I was the chairman of the se-
Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Krishnamachari Srikkanth, for- lection committee, Shami is definitely
Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzven- Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, mer Indian skipper and ex-chairman in the team. We are playing in Aus-
dra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bum- Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, of selection committee said on Mon- tralia, the guy’s got the real action,
rah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh day that had he been the chairperson the guy’s got bounce, he can bare
Patel, Arshdeep Singh. Standby play- Karthik (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, of the selection committee, pacer Mo- the moment and he can get on early
ers - Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arsh- hammed Shami would be in his team. wickets, so I would have probably got
Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar. Shami instead of Harshal Patel,” said
deep Singh, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Pa- The All-India Senior Selection Srikkanth on Star Sports programme
India Squad for Australia T20Is: tel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah. Committee met on Monday to pick ‘Follow the Blues’.
India’s home series against Aus- India’s squads for the upcoming ICC
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL tralia consisting of three T20Is will Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia “Yes, Harshal Patel is a good bowl-
Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, take place from September 20 to Sep- and for the T20I series against Aus- er, no doubt about it, but Mohammad
Shami is the right guy, I mean they
Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hoo- tember 25. tralia and South Africa at home. Sr- can say not the scheme of things, he’s
da, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), The home series against South rikanth said he would have preferred only for test cricket or one day cricket
Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Africa comprises three T20Is and an Shami in the team instead of Harshal but we are playing in Australia. That
Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzven- equal number of ODIs and will be Patel, who is making his return to the guy has done well last IPL, so Shami
dra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar played from September 28 to October team after an injury, because of his
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Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, 11. The team for ODIs against Proteas fine performances in IPL 2022 and Continued at next page... >>

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