Pant has not played a T20I since his car accident in December 2022, but he has been aiming to make a comeback to the team through his performance in IPL 2024. He scored 398 runs in 11 innings with a strike rate of 158.56. Throughout the season, he also dispelled doubts about his wicketkeeping.
This is Samson's first time in the World Cup squad since he missed the 2022 match against Dinesh Karthik. Like Pant, Samson has been a prolific captain of Rajasthan Royals, leading the IPL league in 2024 with eight wins. 9 games. He has scored 385 runs in nine innings so far at a strike rate of 161.08. With the addition of Pant and Samson, there is no room for KL Rahul or Jitesh Sharma. While Rahul has not played a T20I since the last World Cup, Jitesh was part of India's recent T20I squad but was in poor form in this IPL.
The series also marked the international return of Dube, who top-scored with 124 runs in three innings. His ability to take down spin in the middle overs for Chennai Super Kings in the past two seasons in the IPL and his improvement against fast bowling in 2024 make him a convincing choice. Dube's participation meant that Link, who had been earmarked as India's T20I finisher for the past eight months, would not be able to finish in the top 15.
Chahal played the latest T20I eight months ago and will play in his maiden T20 World Cup after missing out against Rahul Chahal in 2021 and R Ashwin in 2022. become. He has taken 13 wickets in nine matches in IPL 2024 so far with an economy of 9.00 despite bowling in the death overs.
Teams will depart from India for the United States in several batches, with the first team leaving on May 21st. The touring group will include head coach Rahul Dravid and other members of the coaching staff, as well as members of the teams that were eliminated from the IPL 2024 tournament. play off. The last day of league stage matches for IPL 2024 will be on May 19th, the playoffs will begin on May 21st and the tournament will end on May 26th.
India will begin their World Cup campaign against Ireland in New York on June 5 and will face Pakistan, USA and Canada on June 9, 12 and 15.
2024 T20 World Cup India National Team
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra. – Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Reserve players: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Abesh Khan
