India announced their 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup, with Rohit Sharma leading the team.
India has announced its 15-member squad for the ICCT20 World Cup 2024 to be played in USA and West Indies in June this year.
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) appointed Rohit Sharma as the captain and Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain for the mega event, while India has included 3 fast bowlers and 4 spinners in its squad.
The surprisingly experienced Lokesh Rahul and India’s most prolific bowler in the ODI World Cup, Mohammad Shami, did not make it into the squad.
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Thanks to his excellent performance in the Indian Premier League, Yazvendra Chahal managed to make a place in the squad where along with him, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel are also part of the Indian team.
Fast bowlers include Jasprit Bumrah, Arsdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj as well as medium fast bowlers like Hardik Pandya and Shiv Dubey.
Yashwi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Shivm Dubey, Surya Kumar Yadav, Reeshah Pant and Hardik Pandya will be there to support captain Rohit Shirkar in the batting line-up.
In the second leg of the Pakistan tour, the ICCT Twenty World Cup trophy will be unveiled in Lahore tomorrow. The trophy will be placed at the National Cricket Academy for a media session in the followingnoon.
During the last T20 once morest Pakistan and New Zealand, the tour of this mega event trophy to Gaddafi Stadium is also a part of the program.
A Saturday morning tour of historic sites in Lahore is also included in the program. The first leg included a trophy tour in Abbottabad following Islamabad.
Along with the trophy, fans also made pictures and selfies at the entertainment places of Islamabad to commemorate these moments.
England cricket team’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes has refused to play the ICCT 20 World Cup.
England Test captain Ben Stokes withdrew from the T20 World Cup, Stokes will not be available for World Cup selection.
According to the English board, Ben Stokes has confirmed that he is not interested in World Cup selection and said that his first focus is to be fully fit for bowling.
ECB says that Ben Stokes not only wants to be fully fit for the Test series once morest Sri Lanka and West Indies, so he is avoiding playing the mega event.
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2024-04-18 00:15:35
Pakistan cricket captain, Babar Azam, declared that triumphing over India at the Karachi Twenty20 World Cup marked the pinnacle of their 2021 season. This declaration emerged from a podcast disseminated by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Azam highlighted the semi-final loss to Australia as the nadir of the year.
Azam articulated the profound sting of the semi-final defeat against Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup. He emphasized the team’s cohesive performance throughout the tournament, making the semi-final exit all the more agonizing.
Azam identified their first-ever World Cup victory against India as the most joyous occasion of 2021. Pakistan achieved a decisive ten-wicket win in this lopsided encounter.
Azam underscored the significance of this World Cup win over India, citing its historical context and the team’s prior struggles against their rivals. He concluded that this victory stands as the defining achievement of their 2021 campaign.
English Summary: Pakistan’s triumph over India in the T20 World Cup was the high point of 2021, according to Babar Azam.