NEW DELHI: Pacer Jasprit Bumrah made a return to the Rohit Sharma-led Indian side as India named a 15-member squad for the ICC men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.
According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the selection committee met on Monday to pick the Indian squad for the upcoming mega event and for the T20I series against Australia and South Africa at home.
Bumrah along with fellow pacer Harshal Patel missed out on the Asia Cup due to injuries. Both have now been included in the Indian squad for the upcoming tasks.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of the squad after he sustained a knee injury during the Asia Cup, with spinner Axar Parel replacing him.
Fast bowlers Mohammed Shami and Deepak Chahar, wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi and batter Shreyas Iyer have been named as standby players for the T20 World Cup.
India T20 World Cup squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby players: Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar
India Squad for Australia T20Is: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
India Squad for South Africa T20Is: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
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