The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced India’s T20 World Cup 2022 squad on Monda. The selectors and the top brass officials met in Mumbai on Monday to deliberate on India’s ouster in Asia Cup 2022 and to lay out the plan for the busy cricketing schedule beginning with the T20I series against Australia.
Rohit Sharma will be leading the Indian side whereas KL Rahul will be the vice-captain of the team for the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. The selectors have gone ahead with both Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik as their wicketkeeper-batters for the tournament. Ravindra Jadeja, as expected, has been ruled out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.
BCCI Announces India Squad For ICC T20 World Cup 2022
Axar Patel has been slotted in as a like-for-like replacement for Ravindra Jadeja. Both, Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel have been added back to the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup. Both these pacers had been ruled out of the Asia Cup 2022 with injuries and the Indian bowling unit certainly looked meagre in the tournament in their absence.
However, them coming back into the squad is a massive boost as the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 is all set to take place in Australia where the tracks are usually quick and provide steep bounce and having these 2 in those conditions will certainly make India’s bowling line up a bit more potent.
India Squad for T20 World Cup 2022: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Y Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, B Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh
Standby players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar
🚨 NEWS: India’s squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Y Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, B Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 12, 2022
Standby players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 12, 2022
India Squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022:
| Name | Age | Role | |
| Rohit Sharma (C) | 35 | Batsman | |
| KL Rahul (VC) | 30 | Batsman | |
| Virat Kohli | 33 | Batsman | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 31 | Batsman | |
| Deepak Hooda | 27 | All Rounder | |
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | 24 | Batsman / Wicket Keeper | |
| Dinesh Karthik (WK) | 37 | Batsman / Wicket Keeper | |
| Hardik Pandya | 28 | All Rounder | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 35 | All Rounder | |
| Axar Patel | 28 | All Rounder | |
| Harshal Patel | 31 | All Rounder | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 32 | Bowler | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 28 | Bowler | |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 32 | Bowler | |
| Arshdeep Singh | 23 | Bowler | |
| Mohammed Shami | 32 | Bowler | Reserves |
| Shreyas Iyer | 27 | Batsman | Reserves |
| Deepak Chahar | 30 | Bowler | Reserves |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 22 | Bowler | Reserves |
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 India Schedule
The Indian Cricket Team will be taking on Pakistan in their maiden T20 World Cup 2022 fixture on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). On October 27, team India will be taking on the 2nd qualified team from Group A of the qualifiers which will be played from October 16 in Australia.
The ICC T20 World Cup 2022 will commence on October 16 and the final of the tournament will be played on November 13 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Team India has not won an ICC Trophy since the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and they will certainly be one of the strongest contenders going into the tournament.
