T20 World Cup 2024: BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at some players who have not got a chance despite being close to being selected in this team.
India Squad for T20 World Cup 2024
T20 World Cup 2024 will be played in West Indies and America. The competition will be held from June 1 to June 29. Now the teams for this tournament are being announced by the participating countries. BCCI has also announced the Indian team recently.
The selection committee of India has given chance to 15 players in the main team, while four have been selected as reserve players. Meanwhile, despite being close to being selected in this team, some players did not get a chance, so even now their dream of playing T20 World Cup has been shattered. Let’s know about 6 such players.
KL Rahul’s career ends?
KL Rahul is a player who can bat at any number and can also keep wickets. Apart from leading the Lucknow Super Giants team in the IPL 2024 tournament, he is also handling the wicket-keeping duties.
He also scored 378 runs in 9 matches in IPL this year at an average of 42 and a strike rate of 144 with 3 fifties. So he was in the race for a place as a wicket-keeper batsman. But, with Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson being preferred, he has been given a chance.
Also, as there are 2 wicketkeepers in the 15-man squad, he is not given a chance in the reserve players either.
🚨India’s squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 announced 🚨
Let’s get ready to cheer for #TeamIndia #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/jIxsYeJkYW
— BCCI (@BCCI) April 30, 2024
Now the question arises whether the doors of India’s T20 team are closed for him forever? Because he has not got a chance in India’s T20 team in the last several months.
He last played T20 match for India in November 2022. In addition, since he has not been selected for the T20 World Cup, discussions have started that his T20 career is over.
List of players also have no chance
Meanwhile, some more players grabbed attention by performing strongly in IPL 2024. This includes some players like Rituraj Gaikwad, Rian Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Tilak Verma.
There was talk that these players would also be selected in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, however, they did not get a chance in the 15-man squad, but were also not included in the reserve players.
Rituraj Gaikwad has scored 447 runs with 1 century and 3 fifties at an average of 63.86 at a strike rate of 149 in 9 matches while leading Chennai Super Kings in IPL this year. At the same time, Rian Parag had attracted attention by performing well for Rajasthan Royals at the beginning of the IPL.
Meanwhile, both of them had performed well in domestic cricket as well. Apart from this, Sandeep Sharma also performed well in fast bowling for Rajasthan Royals. He also took 5 wickets in one match.
Apart from this, Tilak Verma has also performed consistently for Mumbai Indians. Not only this, Tilak was also in the Indian squad for the T20 series against Afghanistan earlier this year. But the dream of these players to play T20 World Cup this year has been broken.
Team India’s T20 World Cup Schedule
• June 5 – Team India vs Ireland
• June 9 – Team India vs Pakistan
• June 12 – Team India vs USAA
• June 15 – Team India vs Canada
📢 Announced!
Take a look at #TeamIndia‘s group stage fixtures for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 👌👌
India will play all their group matches in the USA 🇺🇸#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/zv1xrqr0VZ
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 5, 2024
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