On Tuesday, BCCI announced the 15-member Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. As expected Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in the tournament and Hardik Pandya will be his deputy.
It was a big shock for the Indian fans to not see Rinku Singh’s name in the squad, because the young player has proved himself completely on every occasion. Rinku has been selected as reserve players along with Shubhman Gill, Avesh Khan and Khaleel Ahmed.
There are many players in Team India’s squad selected for the upcoming T20 World Cup, who also played in the T20 World Cup played in 2022. These include Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rishabh Pant.
In this article, we will talk about those 6 players who were part of Team India’s squad in the 2022 T20 World Cup, but this time they were ignored.
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6. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Indian bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was a part of Team India’s squad in the T20 World Cup. However, his performance in the tournament was nothing special. He was able to take 4 wickets in 6 matches.
5. Deepak Hooda
Explosive batsman Deepak Hooda was successful in making a place in the mega event in 2022 due to his century against Ireland. However, he got a chance to play only one match in which he scored 3 runs.
4. Harshal Patel
Harshal Patel became the lead bowler of India’s T20 team after winning the Purple Cap in IPL 2021. Even though Harshal was successful in taking wickets in the IPL, his economy rate was very high. Harshal did not get to play a single match in the T20 World Cup 2022.
3. Ravichandran Ashwin
Experienced right-arm spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, despite not being a regular part of the Indian team in the T20 format, played the T20 World Cup in 2021 and 2022, but this time he did not get a place in the squad.
2. Dinesh Karthik
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik was successful in making a place in Team India for the T20 World Cup to be held in 2022 through his strong performance in IPL 2022, but he was able to score only 14 runs in the 4 matches played in the tournament.
1. KL Rahul
KL Rahul was the vice-captain of the Indian team in the T20 World Cup held in 2022. In the tournament, he had the responsibility of opening the innings with Hitman and scored 128 runs. After the end of the tournament, KL Rahul was dropped from India’s T20I squad.
