Ajit Agarkar, the head of the All India Men’s Selection Committee, and Jay Shah, the honorary secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), have travelled to Ahmedabad to choose the team that will tour the USA and the West Indies later in June. There has been a lot of talk about India’s 15-member roster for the T20 World Cup 2024 as the world gets ready for yet another exciting cricketing spectacular.
Ajit Agarkar will serve as the panel’s chairman, and the squad will be revealed shortly.
The application deadline is Wednesday, May 1. Rohit Sharma will lead the Blue Army, and it is anticipated that Hardik Pandya will be named as his deputy. Notably, Rohit will participate in the discussion virtually since the Indian captain is already in Lucknow for the Mumbai Indians vs. LSG Indian Premier League game number 48.
BCCI Hon Secretary Jay Shah and All India Men’s Selection Committee chief Ajit Agarkar have arrived in Ahmedabad to finalise India’s 15-member squad for T20 World Cup. Skipper Rohit Sharma will join the meeting through videoconferencing. pic.twitter.com/MRcBdy6eQr
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Key conversations at the meeting will involve Pandya, Rahul, and Kohli.
It comes as no surprise that Hardik Pandya, the captain of the Mumbai Indians in this edition, is struggling. The elite all-rounder has only scored 197 runs in nine matches so far, indicating that the strain of captaincy has also affected his individual efforts. Pandya has only claimed four wickets in his bowling career, and his economy rate has stayed at a pitiful 9.07.
Star batsman Virat Kohli, meanwhile, is presently the owner of the Orange Cap with 500 runs at an incredible average of 71.43 and a strike rate of nearly 150. Regarding the inclusion of the 35-year-old as a possible top-order pick for the ICC event, cricket analysts have differing thoughts. Nonetheless, it is impossible to ignore Kohli’s performances from prior T20 World Cups and his current dominance in the competition.
The major conversation point has been the race between batsmen and wicketkeepers, with players like Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, and Dinesh Karthik competing fiercely against one another in the IPL. But LSG captain KL Rahul has returned to form, taking a few hits for his team and making waves in the process. Notably, throughout the last five years of the league’s existence, the Mangaluru native’s strike-rate has been the best.
The selection committee will make the final decision, but when the fifteen names are revealed, there might be some unexpected choices.
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