Rohit Sharma Captain, Rishabh Pant BACK, No Sanju Samson: India's Predicted Squad For T20 World Cup 2024
rohit sharma captain, rishabh pant back, no sanju samson: india’s predicted squad for t20 world cup 2024
The T20 World Cup 2024 is set to begin on June 1 with USA taking on Canada. As the full list of fixtures were announced, it was learnt that India will begin their campaign at the mega event on June 5 with a match against Ireland. With just a few months left ahead of the mega event, we predict what India’s squad will shape up to be in the T20 World Cup 2024 as they aim to end their 10-year-long ICC trophy drought finally.
Even though Rohit Sharma did not play a single T20I since the loss to England in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022, he will return as the captain of the side in the T20 World Cup 2024, and aim for India’s second-ever triumph in the competition. Like him, Virat Kohli, who did not play a single T20I since the World Cup 2022, will also be part of the squad for the 2024 edition, and will bat at no.3.
The other significant return in the T20 World Cup 2024 squad for India is likely to be Rishabh Pant. The star wicketkeeper-batter has been out of action after suffering a horrific car accident in December 2022. He will most likely return in the IPL 2024 for the Delhi Capitals, and if he can show some good form for them, his India comeback is more or less sealed and stamped. This means that Jitesh Sharma, who has been India’s second-choice keeper-batter after Isha Kishan will not be part of the World Cup squad.
Sanju Samson, who has not been part of any T20I series for India since the Ireland tour, will also miss out from the T20 World Cup 2024 squad in all probability.
India’s Likely Squad For T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh